A previously classified transcript reveals Congress knows full well that American TikTok users engage in First Amendment protected speech on the platform and that banning the application is an inadequate way to protect privacy—but it banned TikTok anyway.The government submitted the partially redacted transcript as part of the ongoing...

The post was written by Laura Vidal (PhD), independent researcher in learning and digital rights.This is part two of a series. Part one on surveillance and control around the July election is here.Over the past decade, the government in Venezuela has meticulously constructed a framework of surveillance...

The post was written by Laura Vidal (PhD), independent researcher in learning and digital rights.This is part one of a series. Part two on the legacy of Venezuela’s state surveillance is here.As thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets across the country to demand transparency in July’s...