Say No to the CASE Act! (July 26, 2019)
On July 18th, the Senate Judiciary Committee marked up and voted out of committee the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 (CASE Act).…
Category: Civil Liberties
Pirate News: True Democracy (July 13, 2019)
At the pirate planning picnic, Quartermaster Joe, Captain James, Swarmwise Director Christine and First Officer Steve talked about what democracy means to pirates…
Today, 2pm, Journalism Commission Bill Hearing (July 10, 2019)
From Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas of Dig Boston/Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism: There is a second hearing on the journalism commission bill…
Mass Mesh Network Meeting Tuesday (July 1, 2019)
The next Mass. Mesh Net weekly tech meetup is this Tuesday, 7-9pm. It will be at Industry Lab, 288 Norfolk St, Cambridge. Enter via the entrance in the back. Call…
Somerville Bans Facial Recognition Tech (June 28, 2019)
Yesterday, in an 11-0 vote, the Somerville City Council voted to ban the city from using facial recognition technology. It is the second…
Pirate News: State of Surveillance (June 26, 2019)
Captain James and Quartermaster talk about surveillance in the USA and two bills (S.1385 and H.1538) that we support which would ban facial…
Wednesday, learn to use 2FA token devices (June 25, 2019)
This Wednesday, June 26, the Somerville Crytoparty will talk about how to setup and use a 2FA token device, such as Yubikey. It…
Rally for Whistleblowers Today (June 11, 2019)
The Smedley Butler Brigade, Veterans for Peace, Boston and its allies are standing out on June 11 from 5 to 6 PM in…
Standout for Reality Winner This Tuesday (June 2, 2019)
On Tuesday, June 4th, please join us for the standout for Reality Leigh Winner on the second anniversary of her imprisonment. From 4:30…
Protect Whistleblowers, Protect Free Speech (May 29, 2019)
Chelsea Manning, released when the grand jury that had demanded her testimony was closed, was called before another grand jury and jailed for…