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Don’t Buy California’s Callous Attempt to Ignore People’s DNA Privacy Rights, EFF Tells Court

Analyzing and indefinitely keeping the DNA profiles of thousands of Californians arrested for felonies, but never charged with a crime, is not just an ominously overbroad practice by law enforcement—it’s an invasion of privacy that violates the state’s constitution. Last … Continue reading

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Court Refuses to Shed Light on Government’s Attempt to Break Facebook Messenger Encryption

On February 11, a federal court in Fresno denied a motion to unseal that I had filed last November along with the ACLU, the ACLU of Northern California, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. (My original blog post about the case … Continue reading

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Young Cruiser Goes Overboard, But No Attempt at Search and Rescue is Made

On Monday morning, a young cruise ship passenger fell overboard en route to Melbourne, Australia. No attempt at a search and rescue operation was made. The post Young Cruiser Goes Overboard, But No Attempt at Search and Rescue is Made … Continue reading

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[Eugene Volokh] Attempt to Get Google to Vanish My Article About a Forged Court Order

The anatomy of two unfounded deindexing requests.Since late 2016, I've been blogging about various fraudulent or otherwise suspect attempts to try to get material deindexed by Google, or removed by hosting companies. Many companies will deindex or remove material if … Continue reading

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Congress Lives Up to "Lame Duck" Label: Failed Attempt to Reverse Schedule B Change & Clinton/Trump Foundation Hearing

While Congress may actually keep the government funded during the current lame duck session, its efforts relating to nonprofits appear doomed to amount to nothing. First, with much fanfare the Senate narrowly passed legislation to reverse the IRS decision to… … Continue reading

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