Surveillance and the Limits of Law

Section 215 of the Patriot Act is set to sunset. New legislation would kill it entirely. But how much do intelligence agencies follow the law anyway?

By Alex Marthews | March 4, 2020 | Defense, Government, Human Rights, Law, Privacy, Security | Amazon, AT&T, Black Lives Matter, Civil Liberties, Congress, Constitutional Law, Dissent, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, FISA, Foreign Intelligence, Fourth Amendment, Gang of Eight, ICE, Intelligence Agencies, Internet, Jewel v. NSA, Law Enforcement, Legal Precedent, Mass Surveillance, Michael Hayden, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, NSA, Orwell, Palantir, Patriot Act, Privacy, Restore the Fourth, Revolution, Russell Tice, Section 215, Sensors, Spying, Standing Rock, Supreme Court, surveillance, Surveillance Oversight Ordinances, Violence

Podcast #32: Josh Golin on Marketing to Kids

Josh Golin, Executive Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, fights a metastasizing marketing machine that has swept kids into its orbit of consumerism and surveillance.

By Mo Lotman | June 19, 2019 | Advertising, Community, Culture, Education, Ethics, Family, Law, Media, Podcasts, Privacy, Psychology | Activism, Advertising, Alexa, Amazon, Baby Einstein, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Children, Citizenship, Commercials, Community, Consumerism, Critical Thinking, Digital Nanny, Disney, Echo Dot for Kids, Ed-Tech, Edward Markey, Environment, Fast Food, Hello Barbie, Internet, iPads, Josh Hawley, Marketing, Mattel, Movement Building, Obesity, Pornography, Schools, Scree-Free Week, Screen Time Action Network, Screens, Smartphones, surveillance, Technology in Schools, TV, Violence, YouTube

Podcast #30: Gail Dines on Porn Culture

Activist, author, and sociologist Gail Dines discusses the impact of pornography—particularly in its virulent and violent Internet form—on culture.

By Mo Lotman | April 11, 2019 | Culture, Economics, Identity, Podcasts, Relationships, Society, Well-Being | Abuse, Addiction, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Boys, Eastern Europe, Erectile Dysfunction, Feminism, Fun, Gender, Girls, Global Culture, Greed, Hookup Culture, Image, India, Inequality, Internet, Intimacy, Love, Men, Monopoly, Pedophilia, Porn Addiction, Prisoners, Profit, Rape, relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Expression, Self-Harm, Sex, Sex Addiction, Sexual Identity, Sexuality, Shame, Teens, Violence, Women

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