It is not the first time it has been tried, but a Virginia law firm is suing in federal court that automated license plate readers violate the 4th Amendment and Carpenter v. United States. #ALPR https://ij.org/press-release/federal-lawsuit-challenges-virginia-citys-use-of-over-170-cameras-to-conduct-prolonged-warrantless-surveillance-of-entire-driving-population/

The #AlisoCanyon gas leak poured out 97,000 tons of methane gas in the worst gas leak in US history. CA swore to close Aliso Canyon but they're still waffling. There are still thousands of people in the line of fire. Tell them to keep their promises. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/governor-newsom-shut-aliso-canyon-down/

"You’d lose so many people that you couldn’t put a crew together to frame a house" #Immigration https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-immigration-deportations-home-building-costs-rcna172886

"You’d lose so many people that you couldn’t put a crew together to frame a house" #Immigration https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-immigration-deportations-home-building-costs-rcna172886

“It is hard to yank a license; it is particularly hard to yank a license on the instruction of the president of the United States,” Mr. Wheeler said. “But it is not hard to have an impact on decision making.” #FCC #Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/business/media/trump-media-broadcast-licenses.html

"It’s clear that some of the conservative justices are, indeed, looking for a broad interpretation that could undermine the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate toxic discharges into federal waterways." https://48hills.org/2024/10/supreme-court-hints-at-sweeping-ruling-that-could-gut-the-clean-water-act/

Join MA's fiscally sponsored film Thy Neighbor for a sneak preview on October 25th. Thy Neighbor follows one of the largest #homeless encampments in Northern California, exploring the critical question, what is our responsibility as individuals and as society, to care for the most vulnerable among us? https://mailchi.mp/b8cc7f902865/you-are-invited-thy-neighbor

"To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it’s the First Amendment, stupid". #Amendment4 #Abortion https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/17/media/florida-judge-tv-abortion-rights-ad-health/index.html

#FTC makes the click-to-cancel law first enacted by CA a month ago national - preventing companies from making online #subscriptions difficult to get rid of when you no longer want them. #AB2863 https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4936175-federal-trade-commission-subscription-cancellation/

Supreme Court revives case of TX citizen #journalist Priscilla Villareal who was arrested for seeking information from the Laredo Police Department. SCOTUS threw out a lower court decision dismissing Villareal's civil rights lawsuit. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/15/politics/supreme-court-revives-case-of-citizen-journalist-arrested-for-seeking-information/index.html

Mapping Police Violence releases results of their independent audits of #police use of force data. https://policedata.org/findings

For over a decade, members of Congress and civil society organizations have called on the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) to estimate the scale of “incidental” collection under Section 702. They haven't. #FISA https://restorethe4th.com/the-nsa-promised-a-public-estimate-of-section-702-surveillance-where-is-it/

"“The office of the Attorney General does not have arbitrary power under an administrative government regulation to demand unfettered access to search and seize property of any business in Texas. This is textbook 4th Amendment jurisprudence that protects us all from unreasonable #searches and seizures.” https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/11/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-investigations-request-to-examine/

"We now live in a world where people are using AI-generated resumes and cover letters to automatically apply for jobs, many of which will be reviewed by automated #AI software creating a bizarre loop where humans have essentially been removed from the job application and hiring process." https://www.404media.co/email/800c8336-930c-4c65-b075-3a7318992117/?

Federal judge denies request by Oakland reporter for an injunction to allow continued reporting on #sideshows. https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-wont-block-alemeda-county-ordinance-preventing-reporting-on-car-sideshows/

"#Robot vacuums made by Ecovacs have been reported roving around people’s homes, yelling profanities at them through the onboard speakers" https://gizmodo.com/hacked-robot-vacuums-across-the-us-started-yelling-slurs-2000511013

Severe hack closes the #WaybackMachine and #InternetArchive. https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/11/24268040/internet-archive-data-breach-outage-hacked

The officer “did irreparable harm to the integrity of SFPD’s [Racial and Identity Profiling Act] reporting,” police accountability investigators concluded in a June 2024 report, referring to state-mandated data collection showing the race of drivers in #trafficstops. #RIPA https://sfstandard.com/2024/10/10/cop-investigated-for-falsifying-race-data-in-traffic-stops-killed-himself/

East Bay Messenger reports on SF #EastBay happenings, events and volunteer opportunities. https://mailchi.mp/1206b0cd3bf7/messenger-dont-miss-these-east-bay-events

Republicans and AIPAC threaten removing accreditation from colleges that do not crush pro-Palestinian #protests in a hypothetical 2nd Trump admin. "“Your accreditation is on the line,” Scalise said. “You’re not playing games any more, or else you’re not a school any more". https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/09/republicans-crackdown-universities-pro-palestinian-protests?