Apr 23 Facebook’s New Lawyer Knows All About Collecting Data—She Helped Draft the Patriot Act Facebook's new general counsel Jennifer Newstead has been most recently serving as Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of State. By Gabriela Barkho
Mar 27 A Bipartisan Coalition Says Congress Should Reform Surveillance Powers—And It’s Right Reports indicate that the NSA has not used its phone data collection program in six months, but because the agency operates in such secrecy, there’s no way to know for sure. By Dan King
Dec 14 Dictators Adopt Trump’s Modus Operandi, Eroding Democracy Worldwide Democracy is on the decline for the 11th year in a row. By Les Neuhaus