Senate voting on CISA today. Tell Warren & Markey to vote no! (August 5, 2015)
Using the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack as an excuse, Congress is trying to ram through CISA, a new network security bill…
Category: Privacy
Amazon, the ALA, and the Pay-Per-Page Model (July 12, 2015)
Amazon recently announced a new business model for ebooks. Essentially, they’re planning to sell books by the page. It’s an interesting business model,…
First Three Ville Pirates Shows Posted (June 19, 2015)
The first three Ville Pirates SCATV shows are available to view at our YouTube page. Thanks to Noelani for putting the show together…
Never thought something expired would taste this good (June 2, 2015)
Yesterday, Section 215 of the Patriot Act expired. For the moment, the NSA’s bulk collection of phone metadata program is no more. A…
TODAY: Phonebank for #Sunset215 (May 31, 2015)
Restore the 4th is organizing a phone bank to call people to urge their Senators to support sunseting Section 215. They are meeting…
Tell your Senator to #Sunset215 Today! (May 31, 2015)
After the Senate rejected two Patriot Act Section 215 renewals, it will return today at 4pm to consider how to renew these provisions.…
TODAY: Pirates speaking at Left Forum (May 31, 2015)
Today, Pirates from the Massachusetts and New York Pirate Parties will be speaking at Left Forum at the John Jay College of Criminal…
Jan 2014: a Month in MBTA Surveillance Video Requests (May 24, 2015)
If you’ve a regular rider of the MBTA, you’ve undoubtedly noticed a proliferation of surveillance cameras during the last few years. Maybe you’ve…
Senate blocks Section 215 renewal (May 23, 2015)
The Senate rejected two Patriot Act Section 215 renewals. Both failed to reach the 60 votes needed for cloture. The first was the…
Time to #SunsetThePatriotAct, Call Senators Warren & Markey (May 22, 2015)
Thanks to everyone who attended the vigil in front of the Federal Office building in Boston last night! Boston, Springfield and forty eight…