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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.

Twitter adds Fact-Check tag on Trump's tweet, Trump threatens to regulate social media dictator style

Twitter adds Fact-Check tag on Trump’s tweet, he threatens to regulate social media dictator style (5/27/2020) - Twitter added a fact-check tag/link on Trump’s tweet on mail-in voting. Feeling offended, the President threatened to regulate social media.

Internet Throttling: A Hidden Threat (5/25/2020) - There is now more to internet shutdown as governments around the world grow more savvy in stifling info flow. They…

Facebook clashes with election officials behind the scenes over policies (2/14/2020) - State election officials in at least five states have recently clashed with Facebook over issues ranging from policy to misinformation.

‘Nowhere To Hide’: Who’s proliferating digital authoritarianism? (2/13/2020) - Is China pursuing a grand strategy to systematically proliferate digital authoritarian tools? Its efforts vary by country, local context, and…

Four challenges to world democracy in 2020 (1/2/2020) - Jong Lee, Senior Fellow at the South Korean East Asia Institute has outlined four challenges likely to affect democracy across… Continue Reading

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

Poll: Americans overwhelmingly support vote-by-mail push, but Republicans more wary (5/5/2020) - A new poll shows that an overwhelming number of Americans are in support of vote-by-mail during the coronavirus pandemic.

Switching to a Vote-By-Mail Election is Tougher than it Seems (5/1/2020) - The expansion of vote-by-mail has become a popular demand since the outbreak of the coronavirus. Implementing it may, however, be…

Vote-by-mail benefits neither party and is nearly fraud-free, new studies find (4/18/2020) - Does vote-by-mail benefit one party and not the other? A new study has determined that this election method benefits neither…

2 in 3 Voters at Least Somewhat Concerned About Voting in Person During Coronavirus (3/23/2020) - A new poll has sampled the opinions of voters about voting methods during coronavirus. 2 in 3, at least, were…

Poll: What Americans are Most Concerned About as 2020 Polls Loom (2/24/2020) - A new poll has shown that among the concerns as 2020 elections loom, voter fraud and foreign interference worry American…