Firms Selling Breached and Hacked Data To Law Enforcement by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso SpyCloud, a company that collects private information on people, mostly info exposed through data breaches, sells access to its databases to anyone willing to pay for it, including law enforcement. While it currently operates …

FBI Expands Ability to Surveil Social Media and Cellphone Location Data by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney May 26, 2020, demonstrations around the nation erupted over the police killing of George Floyd. Shortly afterwards, the FBI signed an expedited agreement to extend its relationship with Dataminr, The Intercept reported. Dataminr …

Sixth Circuit Vacates Firearms Possession Conviction; Government Showed Jury Unauthenticated Prejudicial Facebook Video Not Admitted as Evidence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 27, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated a firearms possession conviction from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District …

Myth of Technology as an Equalizing Force in Criminal Justice by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso Since the rise of social media and ever-present cellphones with cameras, the narrative around these developments has been that justice is rapidly democratizing. While many law enforcement failures and abuses have been exposed by …

Sixth Circuit Vacates Firearms Possession Conviction; Government Showed Jury Unauthenticated Prejudicial Facebook Video Not Admitted as Evidence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In March 27, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated a firearms possession conviction from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District …