There are different ways of beating Internet censorship. Some protect you from surveillance, but many do not. The circumvention tool that is best for you depends on your threat model. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-circumvent-online-censorship
Friendly reminder that Cuomo called the protestors’ actions “thuggery” and that cops killed people under a black president, under white presidents, under conservatives, and under liberals. At some point people need to realize voting for change isn’t in any way the same thing as making change happen. Until we take the power to do these things from their hands, they will continue to use it. #blacklivesmatter #burnitalldown #anarchyinaction
Are you planning to attend a protest? Protecting your electronic devices and digital assets before, during, and after a protest is vital to keeping yourself and your information safe, as well as getting your message out. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/attending-protest
Minneapolis Police Were Sued A Decade Ago In Similar Restraint Case https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/865341322/minneapolis-police-were-sued-a-decade-ago-in-similar-restraint-case?utm_medium=RSS
don’t call them “ex-officers” it draws focus away from why they were able to do this in the first place. they weren’t ex-officers when they murdered that man. Never forget that it’s not just racism, but a systemic disregard for life for “order” at all costs #georgefloyd #acab
We have a comprehensive guide about how to protect your electronic devices and digital data from surveillance when protesting. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/attending-protest
To paraphrase, people who say violence never solved anything should take it up with the city fathers of Carthage. Looting a Target might not solve the problem, but burning the police station to the ground is a start.
7 Shot At Louisville Protest Calling For Justice For Breonna Taylor https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/864775688/7-shot-at-louisville-protests-calling-for-justice-for-breonna-taylor?utm_medium=RSS
Trump's Executive Order won't survive judicial scrutiny, but it is an attack on a key law underpinning the Internet we all rely on and the First Amendment. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/05/trump-executive-order-misreads-key-law-promoting-free-expression-online-and
"Seven of the top ten companies by market capitalization are tech companies. Seven out of ten are using data that they take from us, without our consent, to create their products. That is part of our labor power: those products are made with our emotional labor, our mental labor. Privacy is a way to reclaim our labor power." -- @flexlibris
Speech regulations are a dangerous tool to hand a government and have historically been used to retaliate against views government wants to suppress and to boost views it supports. This EO appears to be exactly that type of retaliation.
