privacy
Left-wing activists worry anti-doxxing laws will target them
This article was first published by InvestigateWest. Arguably the most powerful weapon of anti-fascist groups in the Northwest is information. Anonymous squads of amateur detectives — parts of groups with names like Stumptown Research Collective, FashFreeNW and Corvallis Antifa — spend months trying to sniff out the identities of those they consider right-wing extremists. They […]
Nearly 50 congressional Democrats urge tighter regulations protecting medical records
Nearly 50 Democratic and independent members of Congress are appealing to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to tighten regulations protecting the privacy of health information. In a letter Tuesday to Secretary Xavier Becerra, they asked that the department enact more precautions to ensure that law officers obtain a warrant before seeking the […]