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Car Subscriptions: Another Means of Mass Surveillance by Law Enforcement by David Kim by David Kim Police records obtained by WIRED reveal that the rise of internet-connected car features, spurred by automakers’ subscription models, is increasing drivers’ vulnerability to government surveillance. These documents expose how law enforcement agencies exploit the …
Article • April 15, 2025 • from CLN May, 2025
D.C. Police Continue Heavy Investment in Social Media Monitoring by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) in Washington, D.C., has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to monitor social media activity, targeting protesters and others not suspected of crimes, according to public records obtained through …
How Online Behavioral Ads Fuel Mass Surveillance by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson It is no secret that digital advertising companies profit handsomely by accessing and exploiting the private information of consumers. What may be surprising, however, is the increasing efficiency with which these companies collect, distribute, and monetize …
New English Law Allows Government to View a Year’s Worth of Browsing History from an Individual Approved by a Judge by Wired reported on May 15, 2023, that law enforcement actors in the United Kingdom have decided to move forward with introducing vast new surveillance capabilities on a national scale. …
Proactive Online Stings Do Little to Protect Children by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD Many Americans landed themselvesin prison for enticement of a minor as a result of a police sting operation. The practice continues although it has never been shown to actually prevent crimes against children. The …
Article • January 15, 2023 • from CLN February, 2023
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Internet
Police Digitally Frame Activists in India, but It Can Happen Anywhere by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Modern society puts tremendous value on innovations that make our jobs easier, and computers have certainly aided in that pursuit. Cops in India, however, have taken the idea of using computers to minimize …
Facbook Reminds Police, No Dummy Accounts for Surveillance by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso One police tactic that is quickly gaining traction involves surveilling social media posts on sites like Facebook and Twitter, but Facebook (now Meta) is reminding police that fake (or “dummy”) accounts are not allowed. Police …
Brief • January 19, 2022
Filed under: Internet
Jones v. Stanford, NY,Settlement, Social Media Ban, 2022 Case 1:20-cv-01332-RJD-JRC Document 73 Filed 01/24/22 Page 1 of 16 PageID #: 690 Case 1:20-cv-01 332-RJD-JRC Document 72 Filed 01/19/22 Page 1 of 16 PagelD #: 674 UN ITED STATES DISTRICT COU RT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------- ---------- X VERNON …
Article • January 15, 2022 • from CLN February, 2022
Government Keyword Searches Revealed by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Orwell’s warning that “Big Brother is watching” has hung over western society for decades, sometimes confirmed by revelations of unauthorized government wiretaps, sometimes rendered ridiculous by the paranoid rantings of conspiracy theorists. In the post-9/11, cyberspace driven, the Patriot Act …
Article • December 20, 2021
Hitman Shoppers, Beware Online Specials by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  California Bay area self-styled cyber crusader Bob Innes has been receiving emails asking him to arrange murders for over 10 years. Innes created a website in 2005 to offer internet analytics services and named it “Rent-A-Hitman, Your …
Article • June 15, 2021 • from CLN July, 2021
Cancel Culture Nothing New to Those on Sex Offense Registries by Sandy Rozek by Sandy Rozek For those not tuned in to current trends or social media, cancel culture is most likely new, even unheard of, although according to Merriam-Webster, its first known usage was in 2016. The basic definition …
Article • May 15, 2021 • from CLN June, 2021
Filed under: Public Records, Internet
Online Records Impose Digital Punishment for Millions by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso A recent analysis, published in the Law & Social Inquiry Journal, demonstrates how the online availability of law enforcement and court databases amounts to “digital punishment,” including for many persons who were merely arrested for, but never …
Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021
Illinois Law Firm Offers Web Application to Help Automate Expungement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Legal Aid Chicago and Chapman and Cutler LLP launched a web application to help expedite the process of clearing criminal records of offenses that are eligible for expungement and sealing. The Legal Aid Chicago …
Brief • September 9, 2020
Filed under: Internet
Jones v. Stanford, NY, Memorandum and Order, Social Media Ban, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-01332-RJD-SJB Document 37 Filed 09/09/20 Page 1 of 20 PageID #: 417 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------X VERNON JONES, VLADIMIR KRULL, THOMAS MITCHELL, COMPTON MOHABIR, and CORYDON UMBER, Plaintiffs, -againstTINA M. STANFORD, Esq., …
Brief • September 9, 2020
Filed under: Internet
Jones v. Stanford, NY, Memorandum and Order, Social Media Ban, 2020 (1) Case 1:20-cv-01332-RJD-SJB Document 37 Filed 09/09/20 Page 1 of 20 PageID #: 417 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------X VERNON JONES, VLADIMIR KRULL, THOMAS MITCHELL, COMPTON MOHABIR, and CORYDON UMBER, Plaintiffs, -againstTINA M. STANFORD, …
Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020
News Websites Rethink Using Mugshots as Click-Bait by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Once something is on the internet, it can’t be deleted, they say. Enter the jail mugshot. Proven time and again to be an effective way to ruin someone’s life. Especially when they’re innocent. And news agencies have …
Brief • March 12, 2020
Filed under: Internet
Jones v. Stanford, NY, Complaint, Social Media Ban, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-01332 Document 1 Filed 03/12/20 Page 1 of 22 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK VERNON JONES, DOUGLAS HYSON, VLADIMIR KRULL, THOMAS MITCHELL, COMPTON MOHABIR, and CORYDON UMBER, CIVIL ACTION Case No.: 1:20-cv-1332 COMPLAINT …
Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019
Oregon Supreme Court: State Constitution Requires Warrant to Specify When Internet Searches Occurred by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Supreme Court of Oregon ruled that the Oregon Constitution requires that a warrant to seize and search a computer (and other digital devices) identify the information to be searched for, …
Publication • 2019
OFFLINE: CHALLENGING INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA BANS FOR INDIVIDUALS ON SUPERVISION FOR SEX OFFENSES 5 HUTT_43.4_V2.DOCX (DO NOT DELETE) 8/19/19 2:25 PM OFFLINE: CHALLENGING INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA BANS FOR INDIVIDUALS ON SUPERVISION FOR SEX OFFENSES JACOB HUTT¥ ABSTRACT Tens of thousands of people across the United States are subject …
Article • March 16, 2019 • from CLN April, 2019
Can Criminal Records Ever Truly Be Expunged in the Internet Era? by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  Expunction of criminal records is a traditional method of protecting those falsely arrested, falsely convicted, or deemed deserving of a second chance after completing probation. But with the prevalence of mugshot sites and …
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