law enforcement
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France Passes New Bill Allowing Police to Remotely Activate Cameras on Citizens’ Phones
Amidst ongoing protests in France, the country has just passed a new bill that will allow police to remotely access suspects’ cameras, microphones, and GPS on cell phones and other devices.
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Chicago Cops Can Use Fake Social Media Profiles to Spy On You, With the FBI’s Help
Law enforcement agencies are finding new and flawed ways to try to arrest more people all the time. And police have been using posts on sites like Facebook and Instagram to track down and charge protestors suspected of property destruction for years. Now, newly released documents show that Chicago cops can catfish as part of their…
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Minneapolis Cops Used Fake Accounts to Spy on Innocent Black People
Officers of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) engaged in surveillance of local Black leaders and organisations “without a public safety objective,” the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) found. The racist misuse of state authority was just one among a litany of other abuses that included “killing community members of colour and Indigenous community members”…
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U.S. Police Are So Ready for War They’re Shipping Armour to Ukrainians
The U.S. military has long dumped troves of its leftover equipment into the eager hands of federal, state, and local police agencies — one of the many factors enabling the alarmingly high levels of police militarization throughout the country. Now departments are so flush with gear that they’re shipping it to an actual warzone as…