Name changes; tear gas ingredients; police brutality and more!
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Week in Review: Up or Down on the Freedom Scale
Just a skimming of this week's news thus far shows us we are in a very bad place when it comes to freedom and privacy in the United States today. A few examples:
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10/26 Patriot Act anniversary events at Occupy Boston!
Please help spread the word about these important events in Boston.
Occupy Boston and ACLUm actions against the Patriot Act! On the 10th anniversary of the Patriot Act, please join us for a series of events and demonstrations at Dewey Square.
NOON: Rally at Dewey against the Patriot Act.
1PM: March leaving from Dewey against the Patriot Act.
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Occupy Oakland attacked early this morning
DemocracyNow! has a report from Oakland this morning describing how Oakland police raided and arrested at least 70 people at Occupy Oakland early this morning. There are numerous reports of police using sound bombs, tear gas, and even scattered reports of rubber bullets. The latter is unconfirmed.
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Thursday technology link round-up
- A 24 year-old Vienna law student has exposed some nasty truths about Facebook the company would prefer were kept in the dark. Under European privacy law, individuals are entitled to any records held about them, even if the records are held by a private company. Max Schrems requested all records Facebook had on him, and received over a thousand pages worth of material, including statuses and photos he had deleted. His finds are pretty shocking.
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Round up of Occupy surveillance/police abuse stories
In case you missed it, here's what's been going on regarding police surveillance and abuse of Occupy movements nationwide. As usual, the NYPD is a repeat offender.
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