BeckAtsila writes: On day two of a weeklong hearing determined to shut down Missouri’s last abortion clinic, the state’s health director admitted he was using a spreadsheet to track the menstrual cycle of Planned Parenthood patients. Dr. Randall Williams, who is anti-abortion and has never performed an abortion, sent the state investigator, William Koebel, who has no…
Month: October 2019
UK: Facebook agrees to pay £500,000 fine over Cambridge Analytica
Danny Palmer reports: Facebook has dropped an appeal and agreed to pay a £500,000 fine issued to it by the Information Commissioner’s Office after a investigation into the misuse of personal data in political campaigns. The UK data watchdog issued the fine last year following an investigation that found Facebook has failed to comply with UK…
Former Senate Aide Gets Probation For Helping Dox Republicans Over Kavanaugh Hearings
Bobby Allyn reports: A former Democratic Senate staffer was sentenced to two years of probation this week for helping another onetime staff member break into a Senate office late at night to hack government computers. Their actions exposed the private information of five Republican senators, in an act of retaliation for their support of Brett…
After China, Pakistan signs up to monitor citizens’ online activity: Report
Rishabh Jain reports that Pakistan has signed a contract with a Canadian firm to create a national “web monitoring system.” One person’s “web monitoring system” is this blogger’s “online surveillance state.” Pakistan has acquired the services of a Canadian surveillance company, Sandvine and is working on creating a nationwide “web monitoring system”. Coda Story reported…