thenexusofprivacy

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There's a lot of discussion of Mississippi's age verification law for social media today, after Bluesky announced they're blocking the state. in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

not sure, sorry. i tend not to run mobile apps, so mosf of the apps I know of are web apps (deer.social, zeppelin.social, deck.blue etc). there may well be some Android apps out there though!

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How The Surveillance Bill Could Help Trump Crack Down on the Media (US, FISA Section 702) (www.rollingstone.com)
 

I'm not wild about the headline -- it's the Biden administration that's pushing for this bill, so why let them off the hook? It's one of those rare issues that cut across partisan lines, with reformers and surveillance hawks in both parties working together. Still, the article makes some very good points.

The legislation, which would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, includes a provision that would broaden the types of businesses that agencies can compel to help the government spy without a warrant..... The fact sheet says the change closes “a dangerous loophole,” and calls it a “carefully crafted and narrowly tailored fix.”

But experts say the provision is extremely broad — and that it could potentially allow agencies to enlist office landlords, security guards, and cleaning crews as spies, without a warrant, and demand they help the government tap into communications equipment to facilitate data collection.

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Powerplay: FISA Sham Reform Bill Released, vote expected on Thursday (US-related) (www.republic-sentinel.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/12134548

Patrick Eddington has a good summary:

"Unlike the House Judiciary Committee bill passed by that body in December by a 35-2 bipartisan margin, the new bill 1) does not mandate a warrant before FBI personnel can sift through the FISA Section 702 database for information on U.S. Persons and 2) still allows federal law enforcement agencies to buy data on U.S. Persons from data brokers--no warrant required.

The bill also allows for FBI agents to go through the Section 702 database for information "relevant to an existing, open, predicated full national security investigation.""

There were reports that intelligence agencies will have a secret briefing for Congress this afternoon, although Eddington now says it might not happen. In any case, a vote is expected Thursday.

If you're in the US, now's a critical time to contact your legislators. This issue crosses party lines, so even if your representatives usually don't listen to you, they'll be paying attention to the number of calls they get on this one! Eddington has instructions on how to do it via Congress' site, or Demand Progress has a handy web page.