FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 16, 2018) – On Saturday, a Kentucky law went into effect requiring police to get a warrant before engaging in drone surveillance in most situations. The new law not only establishes important privacy protections at the state level, it will also help thwart the federal surveillance state.
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“Scott and I talked about the city’s lawsuit against me in an effort to keep “mobile surveillance cameras” secret and my recent second-round victory in court.”
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 27, 2018) – Yesterday, a second California Assembly committee passed a bill that would increase oversight and transparency of law enforcement surveillance technology. Passage of the bill would take the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance technologies that violate basic privacy rights and feed into a broader national surveillance state.
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The NSA uses AT&T facilities in at least eight cities to warrantlessly monitor and collect billions of emails, phone calls, and online chats passing across the United States.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 20, 2018) – Yesterday, a California Assembly committee passed a bill that would increase oversight and transparency of law enforcement surveillance technology. Passage of the bill would take the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance technologies that violate basic privacy rights and feed into a broader national surveillance state.
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Michael Boldin and Michael Maharrey talk about how the feds have actually expanded the unconstitutional surveillance state since the Edward Snowden revelations, and how states are fighting back against Big Brother.
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LANSING, Mich. (June 17, 2018) – A new law banning “material support or resources” for warrantless federal surveillance programs went into effect in Michigan. This is an essential step every state needs to take at a time when the federal government seems unlikely to ever end unconstitutional spying on its own.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 6, 2018) – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill making changes to the state’s laws on drone surveillance. The new law tightens up some aspects of the current law, but relaxes provisions relating to data retention.
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In this episode, Boldin and Maharrey talk about how the federal government is expanding the surveillance state, and how privacy localism can help stop it. They also report on a number of other state bills that have passed in recent weeks.
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