Now is probably a good time to support @eff. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/2024-us-election-over-eff-ready-whats-next #Privacy #CivilLiberty #USPol #USPolitics

I wonder after smoking is banned and then social media / smart phones for Children what the British state will ban next? With each ban and prohibition we loose a little bit more of our freedom. Meanwhile the ways in which Government watches and stalks us with surveillance increases. #civilliberty

»If you watched certain #YouTube #videos, #investigators demanded your data from Google: Shared YouTube data prompts #civilliberty worries.« https://mashable.com/article/google-ordered-to-hand-over-viewer-data-privacy-concerns?eicker.news #tech #media

In the past year, over 20 states have restricted abortion, book bans have risen 40%, and 500 anti-LGBTQ bills and counting have been introduced in state legislatures this year alone.

The ACLU is uniquely prepared to fight back, but they need our help.

I've already decided to give to the ACLU – and I'm encouraging you to join me in doing the same.

You can join me by donating here:

https://action.aclu.org/give/year-end-match?social_referer_transaction=3346849&ms=sbsocial #civilrights #aclu #donate #civilliberty #constitution #lgbtq #abortion

A quotation from Johnson, Lyndon:

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One hundred and eighty-eight years ago this week a small band of valiant men began a long struggle for #freedom. They pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor not only to found a nation, but to forge an ideal of freedom — not only for political independence, but for personal #liberty — not only to elim…
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/johnson-lyndon/34480/

#quote #quotes #quotation #America #civilliberty #CivilRights

A quotation from Black, Hugo:

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My view is, without deviation, without exception, without any ifs, buts or whereases, that freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have or the views they express or the words they speak or write.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/black-hugo/1037/

#quote #quotes #quotation #civilliberty #firstamendment #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #viewpoint

... As a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, Flynn advocated for women's rights. Including supporting their right to vote and access to birth control. She joined the Communist Party in 1936 and was sent to prison in 1951 under the notorious Smith Act.
#NHPolitics #NHHistory #TheRebelGirl #ACLU #WomensRights #SmithAct #CivilLiberty

Courtesy of Yahoo Finance https://finance.yahoo.com/news/7-reasons-don-t-want-230015275.html

Reasons not to retire to #Florida "snakes and gators and endless traffic, but there are also financial concerns. If you dream of retiring in #Florida, here are some reasons you may want to reconsider." [For me, another concern is the far-right assault on #civilliberty ]

Mobile phones were illegal in #Cuba until 2008. 😱😳📱⛓️

#communism #dictatorship #dictators #everydaylifechemistry #mobilephones #FidelCastro #socialism #communist #répressionpoliciere #repression #mastodon #FreedomofInternetAccess #freesociety #illégalité #illegal #criminalcase #CrimeStories #crime #lifestruggles #freedom #civilrightsviolation #civilrights #civilliberties #civilliberty #liberty #liberté_dexpression #liberte #CubaLibertaddeInternet #CubanMastodon #norights #violations #rights

OREGON APPEALS TO SUPREME COURT TO RE-IMPRISON WRONGFULLY CONVICTED MAN

Frank Gable served 29 yrs of a life sentence after being wrongfully convicted. Prosecutorual misconduct included withholding information about a confession with details that were unpublished, and witnesses being offered plea deals. Nearly all witnesses have recanted, and claim they were pressured to testify. No evidence ties him to the scene. OR prosecutors still want to overturn his release

#CivilLiberty #SocialJustice

Border agents can search phones freely under new circuit court ruling

https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/10/22276183/us-appeals-court-first-circuit-border-phone-search-decision-fourth-amendment

#CBP #Customs #Border #Control #Security #BorderControl #CBP #Federal #Agent #FederalAgent #Unconstitutional #IllegalSearch #Warrantless #Basic #Advanced #Search #Inspect #Copy #Data #ReasonableSuspicion #Contraband #Phone #Computer #Laptop #Electronics #Property #USAppeals #100Miles #BorderSearchException #Privacy #CivilLiberty #ElectronicFrontierFoundation #EFF #AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion #ACLU

John Perry #Barlow's genius was that in 1990, while most Internet usage was research- and military-based, he “absolutely nailed the Internet’s essential character and what was going to happen..

His 'The #Economy of' #Ideas' has helped the world understand that #copyright had a #CivilLiberty dimension and galvanized people to become copyright #activists at a time when traditional notions of information access would be shaken to their core."

#eff

http://nzzl.us/ef0EjsM