Search Results for ‘dissent’ — 171 articles
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What’s the matter with the Boston Regional Intelligence Center?
What’s the BRIC? The Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) is one of nearly 80 “fusion centers” the federal government’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funded and built after the 9/11 attacks. The BRIC was established in 2005, as a “counterterrorism intelligence” center...
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Technology news you can use
BIG TECH EMPLOYEES ARE MAKING NOISE// From Wired: Why Tech Worker Dissent is Going Viral Tech workers are fed up, and they are fighting back. In response to the administration’s deplorable actions at the border and throughout the country, workers at big...
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Social Media Monitoring in Boston: Free Speech in the Crosshairs
By Nasser Eledroos and Kade Crockford¹, 2018 Executive Summary The ACLU of Massachusetts obtained documents through the Massachusetts Public Records Law revealing that the Boston Police Department’s (BPD’s) Boston Regional Intelligence Center used a social media surveillance system called Geofeedia to conduct...
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Inside Orders: Secrecy and Warrantless Surveillance in Massachusetts
Did you know that right now, Massachusetts county and state prosecutors can access your phone and internet records without a warrant, without independent oversight, and without you even knowing that law enforcement might be snooping on you? When Edward Snowden revealed the NSA...
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Boston Police intel policy puts immigrants and dissidents in harm’s way
Mayor Marty Walsh and Police Commissioner Bill Evans have spoken out in defense of Boston’s immigrant community, pushing back against the xenophobic and racist rhetoric coming from our nation’s highest political office. Boston, our leaders want the world to know, is a...
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Why was the Boston Police Department filming affordable housing protesters last night?
Last night, Boston Police Department officials were photographed filming people protesting a controversial Boston Planning & Development Agency meeting. Despite the advocates’ campaign—which included a sleepover protest inside City Hall this week—the Agency quickly voted to approve a new development along Washington Street...
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Boston Police pledge transparency on spying, but refuse to provide public with any info
Yesterday dozens of people turned out to a Boston City Council meeting hosted by the council’s Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice to raise their voices in opposition to the Boston Police Department’s plans to buy $1.4 million worth of social...
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ACLU testimony against proposed Boston Police social media surveillance program
Today at 1:30 PM I’ll be delivering the following testimony to the Boston City Council’s Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice. The Committee is meeting to vote on approving a $14 million DHS grant to the Metro Boston Homeland Security Region,...
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Information security expert Bruce Schneier: Regulate the Internet of Things
On Friday October 21, 2016, the people of the United States learned two scary lessons: 1. It’s relatively easy for rogue actors to turn consumer technologies against their owners and wield them as weapons; and 2. Doing so may shut off access to...
