Day archives: April 26th, 2025

Trump Is Creating a Deportation Army of Local Cops

Mohamed Al Elew and Wendy Fry’s reporting analyzes federal data that my be a surprise to Floridians about ICE’s 287(g) program. All Florida residents now live in a county where local police will be trained to work on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to federal data analyzed by The Markup. The training is part of a rapidly expanding federal program to deputize state and local authorities as immigration enforcers, with the number of participating agencies doubling since January, according to the data. There are now over 10 million Americans living in a county with an immigration delegation agreement, The Markup’s review shows.

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 26, 2025

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: How to prevent your streaming device from tracking your viewing habits (and why it makes a difference); Your private health data may have fueled Google’s ads; Businesses Failing to Prevent Cyber Attacks, Says Report; and How to block Meta AI from using your Instagram or Facebook posts for training.

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Subjects: Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, Health, Healthcare, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

“A republic, if you can keep it” – but can the US keep it? How Trump is dismantling democracy

Christina Pagel has mapped out 69 actions that President Trump has taken in the last twelve weeks to undermine democracy, undermine the rule of law, attack enemies, suppress dissent and control information.

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Resources, Legal Research, United States Law
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