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A silhouetted woman holds a phone with the Facebook Messenger app open.
Aug 16

Facebook Cooperated With Law Enforcement in an Abortion Case. Did it Have a Choice?

Meta came under fire last week for providing private Facebook messages to the police in an abortion case. But in many cases, the company's hands are tied when it receives a valid court order.
By Rachyl Jones
Output of an artificial intelligence system from Google Vision, performing facial recognition.
Feb 11

This Controversial Company Is Selling Your Social Media Photos to Law Enforcement

Those fun party pics you posted last month could already be in Clearview AI’s database for law enforcement purposes.
By Harmon Leon
A makeshift memorial is seen outside the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, after a gunman killed 11 people in a massacre at the synagogue on October 27, 2018.
Mar 14

How Hate Crimes Laws May Help Reduce All Crimes

There are also more hate groups in states without hate crimes laws on the book.
By John A. Tures
Cop Punches Woman on Beach Video
Jun 6

NJ Politics Digest: Prosecutor Won’t Charge Cop Who Beat Woman on Beach

By Steve Cronin
Apr 20

Seizing People’s Stuff Is Trump’s Favorite Tool in the War on Drugs

By Chris Roberts
Police Commissioner James O'Neill.
Feb 23

NYPD Commish Explains Why Trump’s Plan to Arm Teachers Is Such a Terrible Idea

By Madina Toure
It’s almost impossible to adequately protect soft targets like public gatherings.
Jun 5

How We Can Better Protect Crowds From Terrorism

By Robert R. Friedmann
Some of this year's best longform content focused on the tech world.
Jan 5

The Best Longform Journalism of 2016

By John Bonazzo, Sage Lazzaro and Brady Dale
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson.
Oct 15

Thompson, Brooklyn’s First Black District Attorney, Eulogized For Devotion to Justice

By Madina Toure
protests
Jul 12

Mutually Assured Distrust

By The Editors
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the New York Police Department graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden on December 29, 2014 in New York City.
Jun 9

The NYPD Needs a Customer-Service Re-Boot

By Steve Cohen
Activists Luis Nolasco (L), Aki Rose (C) and Josh Rabb (R) hold placards reading "Secure Phones Saves Lives" during a protest in front of the US District Court in Riverside, California, on March 22, 2016. The US government's decision to delay its effort to force Apple to help unlock an attacker's iPhone may only postpone the inevitable drawn-out battle over encryption and data protection. / AFP / FREDERIC J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
Jun 8

NY Cybersecurity Laws Seek a Much-Needed Update

By Spencer Roth-Rose
US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks to European officials via videoconference during a parliamentary hearing on improving the protection of whistleblowers, at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, on June 24, 2014. (Photo: FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images)
Dec 11

The White House Asks the Public What It Thinks About Encryption

By Brady Dale
Police in California get some new direction on accountability for collection of public data from the legislature. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Oct 22

License Plates Photographed for California Police Can’t Be Sold to Businesses

By Brady Dale
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talks during a press conference in central London on February 27, 2012. Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks on February 27 began publishing more than five million confidential emails from US-based intelligence firm Stratfor, the anti-secrecy group said. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT (Photo credit should read CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images)
Oct 1

Wikileaks’ Hacked Stratfor Emails Shed Light on Feds Using License Plate Readers

By Brady Dale
391081 04: A cell phone tower rises above the trees June 25, 2001 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The 1996 federal Telecommunications Act prohibited communities from banning cell phone tower construction, but many towns are now asking for moratoriums on the building of towers. Recently, the town of Leicester, Massachusetts rejected a tower, claiming it would be an eyesore in the community. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
Sep 4

Surveillance State Protected by a Footnote in DOJ Cell-Site Simulator Policy [UPDATED]

By Brady Dale
Sep 1

This Is What Cops Really Think About Bill de Blasio

By Paul Bacon
Oct 31

Bergen County Exec’s race: Tedesco at public safety support rally: “I will be there for you”

By Mark Bonamo
Congressman Jerry Nadler (Getty)
Aug 18

Nadler Calls for De-Militarizing the Police Post-Ferguson

By Will Bredderman
Hullo there. (Photo: flickr.com/nate)
Dec 3

Cops Want Carriers to Hang On to Your Incriminating Old Text Messages

By Kelly Faircloth
Jul 27

Australian Law Enforcement: Use Silk Road At Your Peril

By Steve Huff
(Illo: Fred Harper)
Mar 14

With Piggy-Loving Madam Cooling Her Heels in Rikers, Will Her Clients Get Off?

By Nina Burleigh
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