Stop the Greater Boston CCTV Network! (June 11, 2021)
Due to the efforts of many, the ACLU and other civil rights organizations, Boston Mayor Kim Janey has put on hold an effort…
Category: Surveillance
Pirate News Tonight: Stopping the Boston Surveillance Network (May 30, 2021)
We talk tonight at 7:30pm about what’s going on with the Pirate Party and give the Pirate perspective on this week’s news. We…
Pirate News: Openness and Surveillance (April 5, 2021)
Joe, Malt, Steve and James talk about what’s going on with the Pirate Party and give the Pirate perspective on this week’s news.…
Pirate Party Opposes the Worcester ShotSpotter Connect Deal (March 24, 2021)
The Pirate Party stridently objects to the Worcester ShotSpotter Connect deal. Since the first dishonest public meeting, this whole project has been forced…
Pirate News: Countering surveillance in Mass. (March 8, 2021)
This week’s Pirate News is up. Joe, Steve and James talk about what’s going on with the Pirate Party and give the Pirate…
End white supremacy! End surveillance! (January 19, 2021)
The events that unfolded at the capitol building on January 6th will be remembered in history as the day the threat of white…
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…
Police Reform Bill Needs Our Help (December 11, 2020)
Governor Baker has issues with the long-awaited police reform bill (S.2963). Specifically, he opposes the statewide moratorium on regulation of facial recognition for…
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…
Pirate News: Day Against DRM #idad (November 30, 2020)
The latest news from a pirate perspective. This week we talk about Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) and why it harms people and the…