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Speaking Truth to Authority; The Bradley Manning Case

By John Amaruso - March 9, 2013 Leave a Comment

The phrase that continuously runs through my mind about the Bradley Manning Case is ‘To be silent is to be complicit’: Dr. Margaret Flowers

Indefinite Detainment Re-signed by Obama ‘With Concerns’

By John Amaruso - January 5, 2013 Leave a Comment

NDAA resigned by Obama ‘with concerns’; does not mention indefinite detainment of American citizens. Wait a second…

The NDAA Lives On: US Constitution in Peril

By John Amaruso - December 21, 2012 Leave a Comment

Patriot Act openly disregarded fundamental rights in the Constitution and sought to alter what is “reasonable” search and seizure.

Governments ask Facebook to ease backdoor for law enforcement agencies (10/5/2019) - The US, UK, Australia have pressured Facebook to easy backdoor for law enforcement agencies, putting billions of users at risk.

Organized social media manipulation in at least 70 countries (9/27/2019) - Organized social media manipulation has more than doubled since 2017, with at least 70 states employing computational propaganda to shape…

Global Voices: Journalism Under Threat in Nicaragua (9/26/2019) - National Press Club International Correspondents Committee and Press Freedom Team hosts a discussion on “Global Voices: Journalism Under Threat in…

Human Rights Watch to Egypt: Respect Right to Peaceful Protest (9/21/2019) - Egyptian authorities should protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding Egypt’s obligations under international human rights law.

How to defend against the insidious threat of disinformation (10/21/2019) - Disinformation is an insidious threat undermining faith in democracy. Arizona State University researcher Scott Ruston offers tips on how to… Continue Reading

What implications for first amendment rights of new California ban on deepfakes? (10/8/2019) - Rick Hasen argues that there are serious constitutional questions with a new California ban on deepfakes, notably as related to… Continue Reading

Disinformation: Countering malign influence of autocrats – and Big Tech? (9/16/2019) - The European Union may need “broader rules to make sure that the way companies collect and use data doesn’t harm… Continue Reading

Detained Iranian Social Media Activist Dies in Prison in Brutal Killing (6/12/2019) - A lawyer for a detained Iranian activist says he has died in a notorious prison in what one rights group… Continue Reading

Democracy Is The Best Thing For Your Health (7/10/2019) - Recent research from The Lancet says Democratic countries had a higher life expectancy in a sample of residents that were…

Research Seeks Best Timing and Sequencing of Transitional Elections

Research Seeks Best Timing And Sequencing For Transitional Elections (7/6/2019) - International IDEA’s analysis is relevant to different types of complex political change that the UN addresses in its daily work.

Insufficient sleep could be suppressing voter turnout, study finds

Study: Insufficient Sleep Could Be Suppressing Voter Turnout (6/17/2019) - Why do people decide not to vote? New research published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour provides evidence that lack…

Towards A More Democratic Governance Of Blockchain Networks (6/11/2019) - Blockchain-based voting has long been looked at as a use case for the technology – but as with any nascent…

Do You Trust Politicians? Depends on How You Define Trust (5/17/2019) - Political scientists have measured the public's trust in the federal government consistently, using measures that are largely unchanged since the…