Notices by Dell Cameron ?‍⬛ (dell@journa.host)

WIRED sent a reporter to a "constitutional sheriffs" convention.

One speaker said he'd formed a "posse" of about 150 "deputized citizens" to protect voting polls from "immigrants" and then passed out literature for other sheriffs to teach them how to form their own. #elections

https://www.wired.com/story/constitutional-sheriffs-election-deniers-immigrants-voting/

Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, a bill banning police agencies from purchasing Americans' location data, has passed by the House in a 220-to-197 vote.

Big victory for Team Ron Wyden

NEW: One of Silicon Valley's most influential lobbying arms say its members ("Big Tech") oppose the RISAA, a FISA surveillance bill the US Senate will take up tomorrow

The "Stasi provision" (as opponents are calling it) threatens to send customers fleeing into the hands of competitors overseas.

tip @Techmeme

https://www.wired.com/story/iti-section-702-expansion-opposition/

NEW: Senate plans to vote tomorrow on a #FISA provision that legal experts say will greatly expand a US wiretap program, forcing whole new categories of businesses to spy on Americans communicating with people overseas.

Critics on Capitol Hill are calling it the "Stasi provision"

https://www.wired.com/story/senate-section-702-ecsr-provision/

If you got a tip & need anonymity you can message me here. (i don’t respond to corporate flacks on signal)

#privacy #security #natsec

NEW: State attorneys general say Meta is ignoring hacking victims, causing a drain on law enforcement resources nationwide.

There's been a 1000% increase in complaints, they say, since roughly around the time Meta laid off 13% of its staff.

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-hacked-users-draining-resources/

NEW: Leaked data analyzed by WIRED reveals the secret locations of ShotSpotter sensors around the globe, and the communities most directly impacted by the surveillance.

https://www.wired.com/story/shotspotter-secret-sensor-locations-leak/

@RustyBertrand POV

BREAKING: Federal lawmakers demand an #SEC probe into whether Elon Musk committed securities fraud after WIRED stories shed doubt on his claims about the health and wellbeing of #Neuralink's animal test subjects.

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-nerualink-congress-sec-letter/

SCOOP: An obscure White House program surveilling over a *trillion* US call records each year is under fire. Sen. Wyden is challenging its legality, urging DOJ to stop prohibiting him from disclosing info he says will "outrage" Congress.

https://www.wired.com/story/hemisphere-das-white-house-surveillance-trillions-us-call-records/

NEW: Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at #UCDavis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how #Neuralink and the university keep the grisly images of its botched — and sometimes unlawful — surgeries hidden. (TW: graphic descriptions)

https://www.wired.com/story/neuralink-uc-davis-monkey-photos-videos-secret/

i believe them. they’ll do it.

This is a useless and self-serving mode of enforcement. Twitter similarly announced changes this year, saying it would simply “demote” tweets from accounts trafficking in overt racism and hate going forward. All this really does is conceal what’s happening from the broader world, lessening the number of abuse reports these attacks generate, while doing nothing for the actual victims, left to fend for themselves behind a veil of ignorance.

Asked by Semafor if Tucker Carlson's firing had anything to do with a harassment lawsuit recently filed by a former Fox News producer -- one who'd worked on Carlson's show -- the ex-producer's attorney responded: "I have no comment on those reports other than to say that timing is a matter of physics, and as such is undeniable.”

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/24/2023/tucker-carlson-is-leaving-fox-news

LA Times now with sources "familiar" claiming Murdoch personally pushed Carlson out, citing specifically the lawsuit filed by ex-producer Abby Grossberg.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-04-24/tucker-carlson-is-out-at-fox-news

The suit brought by Grossberg is primary aimed at people who worked on Carlson's show. It accuses him personally of creating and condoning a misogynistic workplace environment (including jokes about which women in politics his staff would have sex with), and antisemitic jokes about employees who, like Grossberg, are Jewish. A lot of this behavior is attributed to Tucker staff member Alexander McCaskill.

I've uploaded a copy of the Abby Grossberg complaint here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23787336-complaint-abby-grossberg-v-fox-news-et-al

Notably, this case is in its very early days. Carlson had only recently as last week notified the court he was aware of the summons. Fox & Carlson still have two months to ask for dismissal. Personally, I'll be watching to see if Fox moves for a split trial now; if Carlson is forced to hire his own counsel; or if a settlement is suddenly announced.

"He's probably tanning his testicles about now." - @GoatRoper

You know, it's funny you should mention that.

Grossberg said through her attorney, in a statement to Rolling Stone: “This is a step towards accountability for the election lies and baseless conspiracy theories spread by Fox News, something I witnessed firsthand at the network, as well as for the abuse and harassment I endured while Head of Booking and Senior Producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight. I think this is great for America! It’s a big win for viewers of cable news, not just those who watch Fox.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tucker-carlson-fox-news-end-relationship-1234722551/

Carlson gets an invite to move to Russia from a top Kremlin propagandist (who, btw, has appeared in Wagner PMC recruitment videos): "We'll happily offer you a job," the oligarch, Vladimir Solovyov, said.

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-to-tucker-carlson-run-for-president-visit-moscow-2023-4