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Supreme Court To Consider Limits of Social Media Rights in Facebook v.s. First Amendment

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December 1, 2014
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Is artistic expression defensible under the First Amendment if it includes violent musical lyrics that threaten to kill a person? The US Supreme Court will consider this very point in...

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[VIDEO] Hollywood Stars Join ‘No Justice, No Profit’ Online Campaign #BlackoutBlackFriday

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November 27, 2014
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The ‘No Justice, No Profit’ campaign – led by a movement of celebrities and activists – is calling for a nationwide boycott of retail outlets to protest the recent grand...

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[WATCH] Florida Ad Depicts Black Child In Bulletproof Vest, Urging Voters ‘Vest or Vote’

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October 23, 2014
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A public-service ad campaign in Florida, which depicts African American children in bulletproof vests, is urging voter participation to encourage the election of candidates who support repeal of the state’s...

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[VIDEO] NYPD Assaults Busker, Then Arrests Him For Doing Nothing Illegal

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October 21, 2014
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A musician was assaulted and arrested after he wouldn’t stop playing guitar in a New York subway station on Friday morning. The video of the incident went viral, drawing attention...

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SNOWDEN: When you say, ‘I have nothing to hide,’ you’re saying, ‘I don’t care about this right’

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October 19, 2014
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Edward Snowden has hit out at Dropbox and other services he says are “hostile to privacy,” urging web users to abandon unencrypted communication and adjust privacy settings to prevent governments...

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COURT: Parents Could Be Held Liable For Their Children’s Facebook Posts

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October 16, 2014
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The parents of two children who posted defamatory comments about a fellow student in a fake Facebook account are heading to court, which will determine whether parents should be liable...

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Father of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, Calls for ‘Online Bill of Rights’

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September 29, 2014
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web has spoken out against world governments and corporations, which he says are seeking to control the web for their own...

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Apple reveals new ‘police-proof’ operating system

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September 18, 2014
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Following revelations that the NSA, in cooperation with various telecom companies, was spying on private communications, Apple Inc. has released new technology that it says cannot be compromised by the...

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Netropolitan, the Facebook for people with more money than brains

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September 17, 2014
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Consider this hypothetical situation: You, a wealthy socialite, want to make friends over the internet, but without encountering any of the riff-raff that hangs out on traditional social networking sites....

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[VIDEO] US State Department attempts to fight ISIS online with gruesome videos, resulting in backlash

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September 8, 2014
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The US State Department recently released a propaganda video in English to counter gains made by the Internet-savvy militant group Islamic State. Yet the use of the extremist’s own violent...

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[VIDEO] Oregon man arrested for filming SWAT raid

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September 8, 2014
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Footage recently posted to YouTube shows an Oregon man being arrested for filming, or “interfering” with, a militarized police raid across the street from his apartment. The man – whose...

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Celebrity nude photos hack turns into child porn case

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September 3, 2014
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Investigations into the hacking of celebrities’ iPhone accounts, which resulted in the leak of nude or semi-nude photos of various female personalities, have turned into a child abuse case, as...

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FBI is taking over investigation of iCloud hack that’s exposed nude celebrity photos

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September 2, 2014
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The FBI said it was “addressing” a massive data breach of various celebrities that resulted in the posting of their nude images online. The suspected leak organizer told supporters he...

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Texas Gov. Perry’s verified Twitter sends offensive messages to his political opponents

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September 2, 2014
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A tweet from Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s verified account on Sunday featured an image mocking the Democratic district attorney central to an indictment against Perry charging abuse of power. Perry...

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REPORT: US Intelligence Estimates 300 Americans Fighting Alongside ISIS

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August 27, 2014
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The United States government is tracking as many as 300 Americans supposedly fighting with Islamic State, the jihadist group with a heavy presence in parts of Syria and Iraq, according...

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Facebook to Crack Down on ‘Click Bait’ Headlines

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August 26, 2014
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Facebook is contemplating bringing into effect a new policy meaning that websites using irritating “click-bait” headlines will be penalized in favor of stories from friends and pages that users have...

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STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN CALIFORNIA

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August 25, 2014
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The governor of California has declared a state of emergency, following the strongest earthquake to hit California in 25 years that has left 120 people injured and untold damage to...

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Cop Suspended For Posting ‘Ferguson Protesters Should Be Killed Like Rabid Dogs’ on Facebook

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August 23, 2014
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A police officer in a St. Louis suburb has been suspended over a series of Facebook posts, insulting Ferguson protesters, who have been rallying in condemnation of the shooting of...

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Ammunition Manufacturers Cashing In On Unrest

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August 20, 2014
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So-called less-than-lethal munitions used on protesters in Ferguson have become not only a symbol of a militarized mindset among law enforcement in the US, but have galvanized bonds between struggles...

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#IfTheyGunnedMeDown: MSM called out for portrayal of Mike Brown

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August 13, 2014
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If you were killed, what photo would the media use in their stories? That’s the question that the #iftheygunnedmedown hashtag asks on social media as minorities point out media bias...