We killed the wiretapping expansion (October 27, 2017)
Early this morning, the Massachusetts Senate voted 22 to 14 to kill amendment 87 that would have expanded our wiretapping laws dramatically. Thankfully,…
Month: October 2017
Today: tell Mass. Senators to oppose giving prosecutors new surveillance powers (October 25, 2017)
The Massachusetts Senate is working on an omnibus criminal justice reform package. Two amendments (#24 and #87) would give prosecutors unprecedented new powers…
NSA, FOIA, and a long-running quest for Telephony Metadata (October 22, 2017)
Gathering information through FOIA or public records requests can be a long-term endeavor. I made a privacy act request to the NSA back…
No Free Lunch for Amazon (October 19, 2017)
Amazon’s deadline is here and many states have fallen over themselves to sell their cities as the location for Amazon’s second headquarters. With…
Wednesday: Cambridge surveillance transparency ordinance needs your help (October 16, 2017)
This Wednesday, the 18th, starting at 6:30pm, the Cambridge Public Safety Committee will hold a hearing on a local ordinance to require a…
Digital Right of Repair Bills Still Need Your Help (October 12, 2017)
With computers in more and more of the things we buy, it is vital that we have a digital right of repair so…
Thursday, RCV/IRV bill hearing (October 11, 2017)
This Thursday, October 12th in State House Hearing Room B-1 the Committee on Election Laws will hear bills on Ranked Choice Voting/Instant Runoff…
Testify Tuesday on Police Militarization Oversight Bills (October 9, 2017)
This Tuesday at 10am in Room B-2 of the State House will be a hearing on police militarization bills. The Legislature’s Joint Committee…