STORY HIGHLIGHTS Oakland, California, debates creating a one-stop shop for video/data surveillance Opponents fear the ability to track people with “the press of a button” will threaten civil liberties Central data surveillance poses serious privacy questions for millions around the globe Operations in London, Boston, Rio have resulted in success stories (CNN) — Some residents of […]
Archives for October 5, 2014
EU-US Trade Negotiations Continue Shutting out the Public—When Will They Learn?
Posted on October 5, 2014 Written by
Negotiators from across the Atlantic met this week in Chevy Chase, Maryland to continue discussing the terms of the EU-US trade agreement, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). This is the seventh round of secretive meetings, and not much is known about the exact issues that are on the negotiating table. However a press […]
Expensive Green Energy A ‘Bad Gamble’ As Gas Price Drops — Britain’s Green Energy Fiasco Deepens
Posted on October 5, 2014 Written by
Families face paying up to £40 extra each year for wind and solar farms to meet climate change targets after the government revised its energy price forecasts. The subsidy required for each unit of renewable electricity will rise after the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) conceded that gas was much cheaper than it […]
Facebook Increases its Tracking Reach with Atlas, and Users Have Little Choice About It
Posted on October 5, 2014 Written by
NOTE: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has been in the forefront of defending the civil liberties of Americans in the digital environment since 1990. In the following article you will find an EFF free product offer to assist in fighting back against nonconsensual tracking of your browsing. Please understand Agenda21News.com has no business or personal relationship […]
