Monday, 11am, Protest Assange Extradition (January 3, 2021)
Trump’s attack on whistleblowers reaches a new milestone Monday as a British judge will rule on whether the United Kingdom will extradite Julian…
Category: Civil Liberties
Legislature Fumbles Police Reform Bill (December 23, 2020)
Governor Baker opposed the limited restrictions on facial recognition software in the legislature’s police reform bill (S.2963). The legislature buckled and passed a…
Today is Intl. Day Against DRM! (December 4, 2020)
The International Day Against DRM is today. Our latest Pirate News talks about Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) and why it harms people and the…
Tell Gov. Baker: PASS THE POLICE REFORM BILL! (December 3, 2020)
After months of deadlock, the Massachusetts House and Senate have finally passed the long-awaited police reform bill. Though it fails to abolish qualified…
Getting Better with Application Privacy (November 25, 2020)
Apparently a social media site got hacked recently, or perhaps an employee put some of their unencrypted date on a public server. I…
Pirate News: Eviction/Foreclosure Moratorium Ends 10/17 (October 13, 2020)
Malt, James, Steve and Joe give the latest updates on the Massachusetts Pirate Party and discuss news of interest to pirates. Police using…
Pirate News: No money for Snowden, Trump gets COVID, upcoming events (October 5, 2020)
Pirates James, Malt, Steve, Christine and Joe talk about: Court ruling preventing Edward Snowden from being paid book royalties and speaking fees; Trump…
Stop the Trump Speech Police (September 15, 2020)
Trump signed an executive order telling the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to gut Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and setup the…
Pirate News – Kenosha Riots and more death in Portland (September 1, 2020)
Pirates Steve, Malt and Joe talk about what is going on in Kenosha, WI and Portland, OR including Black Lives Matter protests and…
Today: EARN IT Act Call-a-thon (August 20, 2020)
The EARN It Act threatens our right to encrypt our communications without being spied on by the government. In addition to our email…