Month: January 2023

NYPD commissioner reveals plans for smartphone app, new cameras

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

NYPD commissioner reveals plans for smartphone app, new cameras

“Between its use of spying drones, rampant facial recognition technology, and other invasive policing tactics, we’ve seen time and time again that the NYPD cannot police itself,” said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union. “As it looks to deploy new apps to officer and civilian phones, the Department needs to be transparent about its plan for these technologies and how they will store and protect New Yorkers’ data — ensuring that this rollout complies with the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act. To truly uphold New Yorkers’ privacy and safety, any technology adopted by the NYPD must be subject to public scrutiny and review,” she said in a statement.

Josh Hawley Wants In On The TikTok Moral Panic Attention, Proposes Nationwide Ban

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Insurrectionist sprinter Josh Hawley has joined the growing chorus of GOP politicians who’ve spent years doing jack shit about U.S. consumer privacy abuses, and now want to pretend that banning a single app — TikTok — will protect American consumers from a problem they themselves created.

Josh Hawley Wants In On The TikTok Moral Panic Attention, Proposes Nationwide Ban

“Orange” president says Georgia owes Ukraine one war for another. Calls for new “Rose” coup.

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

In an interview with Dmitry Gordon, the former president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko discussed ‘historic relations’ between Georgia and Ukraine and said that he is saddened by the fact that Georgia is not among the countries that provide maximum aid to Kiev in wartime conditions.

“Orange” president says Georgia owes Ukraine one war for another. Calls for new “Rose” coup.