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No One Should Be Forced to Conform to the Views of the State

by Lisa Femia
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Published on 10/16/2025

Should you have to think twice before posting a protest flyer to your Instagram story? Or feel pressure to delete that bald JD Vance meme that you shared? Now imagine that you could get kicked out of the country—potentially losing your job or educati...

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Y2Mate.com Among a Dozen YouTube Rippers Shut Down By IFPI

by Andy Maxwell
TorrentFreak
Published on 10/15/2025

Under the international umbrella of IFPI, the RIAA in the United States, and the BPI in London, the world’s leading recording labels have been on a constant upwards trajectory for a decade. After the likes of Napster, Grokster, and LimeWire gatecra...

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The Fall of Democracy (and What Comes After)

JosiahWarren
Logos Press Engine
Published on 10/15/2025

Democracy isn’t dying; it’s long dead. What we’re smelling now is the stench of its corpse, dressed up in rituals and patriotic branding. The institutions that were once founded on principles of self-governance – elections, checks and balances, freed...

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🎃 A Full Month of Privacy Tips from EFF | EFFector 37.14

by Christian Romero
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Published on 10/15/2025

Instead of catching you off-guard with a jump scare this Halloween season, EFF is here to catch you up on the latest digital rights news with our EFFector newsletter! In this issue, we’re helping you take control of your online privacy with Opt Out O...

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Military ‘lost or destroyed’ whistleblower files

RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR
Declassified UK
Published on 10/14/2025

Personal files relating to a military official who blew the whistle on a dirty tricks campaign in Northern Ireland and the cover-up of serious abuse at a boys’ home in Belfast have now been mysteriously destroyed or lost, Declassified has learned. Th...

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Victory! California Requires Transparency for AI Police Reports

by Matthew Guariglia
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Published on 10/14/2025

California Governor Newsom has signed S.B. 524, a bill that begins the long process of regulating and imposing transparency on the growing problem of AI-written police reports. EFF supported this bill and has spent the last year vocally criticizing t...

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