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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (764+ words) Published on 19 September 2026 By Sam Gelder for Liberty Investigates and Lucas Amin for Democracy for Sale Five police forces in England are ending a controversial surveillance deal with the tech company Palantir, Liberty Investigates and Democracy for Sale can reveal....
Editorial: Can you fence out the First Amendment?
11+ hour, 21+ min ago (537+ words) What is the balance between access and order? It’s a question that can draw lines between government bodies as big as the White House and as small as the tiniest municipalities on one side and the people and press on…...
Bakersfield Police Credit Flock Cameras in Child Sex Crime Arrests
12+ hour, 5+ min ago (179+ words) Bakersfield police say automated license plate readers contributed to investigations into two alleged sex crimes involving children this month. One case involves the alleged kidnapping and rape of an 11-year-old girl; in the other, a suspect allegedly met with a…...
2nd Circuit Rules Warrant Not Required for Cell Phone Searches at Border
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (269+ words) "Under our [Second Circuit] precedents, no suspicion is required before the government searches a traveler's property at the border," Judge Steven Menashi wrote. "Because a cell phone is property, our precedents establish that the government does not need to have…...
Cops Used???LMAO,??????Idk??? And Keyboard Gibberish To Justify License Plate Searches
21+ hour, 22+ min ago (20+ words) Flock tightened its search system, but critics argue its new dropdown menu could make questionable searches even harder to spot...
No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone
23+ hour, 21+ min ago (458+ words) Second Circuit ruling covers all travelers entering via New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, with no warrant or suspicion required Landing at JFK now means your phone is fair game. In a ruling issued September 17, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…...
When will The Villages allow our IDs to be on our phones?
1+ day, 22+ min ago (25+ words) A resident contends it is time for The Villages to get with the times and allow residents to keep their Villages IDs on their phones....
Ex-Braintree Officer Accused of Tracking Ex With Flock Cameras
22+ hour, 24+ min ago (134+ words) The central issue in the case against former Braintree police officer Mark Sherrick is not only how often a former girlfriend’s vehicle was tracked. It is also whether the safeguards surrounding an automated license-plate-reader system were capable of detecting or…...
WATCH: Law firm backs high-level student suing UW over race-based admissions - Washington
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (14+ words) WATCH: Law firm backs high-level student suing UW over race-based admissions - The Black Chronicle...
Appeals court rules officers can search phones at border without warrant or probable cause
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (214+ words) Original article here An Appeals Court ruled Thursday that officers working at the U.S. border can search travelers' phones without a warrant, probable cause or reasonable suspicion. The case was brought by an individual who had his phone searched and was…...