Your Rights Online Stories for 2020

Trump Scrambles To Loosen America's Biometric Data and Gig Worker Regulations 184
Billionaire CEO of Software Company Indicted For Alleged $2 Billion Tax Evasion Schemes 75
Group Files 'Largest FOIA of All Time' 29
France and the Netherlands Call For Tough EU Powers To Curb Big Tech 25
FCC Will Move To Regulate Social Media After Censorship Outcry 325
Robinhood Estimates Hackers Infiltrated Almost 2,000 Accounts 19
FCC To Move on Trump Plan To Weaken Social Media Legal Shield 247
Google and Intel Warn of High-Severity Bluetooth Security Bug In Linux 41
Florida Could Become First State To Offer Digital Driver's Licenses 55
China Starts Digital Yuan Trial By Giving $30 To 50,000 People 55
Bill Gates: 'I Was Naive At Microsoft,' Didn't Realize Success Would Bring Antitrust Scrutiny 85
Zoom To Roll Out End-to-End Encrypted (E2EE) Calls 31
Internet Freedom Has Taken a Hit During the Covid-19 Pandemic 75
There's Another Huge Right To Repair Fight Brewing In Massachusetts 117
Philippines Starts Registering Millions for National ID Cards 28
Amazon's Latest Gimmicks Are Pushing the Limits of Privacy 49
How Many Americans Still Secretly Use Their Ex's Passwords 42
Backdoor In Kids' Smartwatch Makes It Possible For Someone To Covertly Take Pictures, Record Audio 16
To Avoid Prison For Leaving Bad Hotel Reviews Online, An American in Thailand Must Apologize 292
Fortnite Remains Banned From Apple's App Store After Judge Refuses Epic's Request 124
America's 'Cyber Command' Is Trying to Disrupt the World's Largest Botnet 37
Should Colleges Do Admissions Without Standardized Tests? 156
What Happens When Researchers Give Thousands of Dollars to Homeless People? 270
Chrome Changes How Its Cache System Works To Improve Privacy 21
Faith in Government Declines When Mobile Internet Arrives 61
Microsoft Is Now the 'Adult In the Room' Among Big Tech, Says Seattle Congresswoman 91
EU Parliament Votes For 60% Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cut By 2030 101
Judge Orders Twitter To Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set Off Seth Rich Conspiracy 132
US Appeals Injunction Against TikTok Ban 25
Google is Giving Data To Police Based on Search Keywords, Court Docs Show 72
France Passes New Law To Protect Child Influencers 48
Netflix Indicted By Texas Grand Jury Over 'Lewd' Depiction of Children In 'Cuties' 336
US Explores Curbs On Ant Group, Tencent Payment Systems 66
EU Lawmakers Ask Jeff Bezos Whether Amazon Spies on Politicians 49
Trump Administration Announces Overhaul of H-1B Visa Program 181
Cisco Ordered To Cough Up $2 Billion Plus Royalties After Ripping Off Biz's Cybersecurity Patents 31
The IRS Is Being Investigated For Using Location Data Without a Warrant 57
Slashback: How Eddie Van Halen Hacks a Guitar 50
A Literal Child and His Mom Sue Nintendo Over 'Joy-Con Drift' 104
Europe's Top Court Confirms No Mass Surveillance Without Limits 23
SEC Sues John McAfee Over Promoting Cryptocurrency On Twitter 29
Facebook Leak Shows Its Preparations to Fight a Government-Ordered Breakup 50
Two Leaders of Videogame Piracy Group Arrested 45
Trump Goes To Hospital After Testing Positive For COVID-19 279
A Security Flaw In Grindr Let Anyone Easily Hijack User Accounts 11
Trump Tests Positive For COVID-19 838
Controversial Data Firm Palantir Fetches Market Value of Nearly $22 Billion In Its Debut On the NYSE 28
Apple Removes Two RSS Feed Readers From China App Store To Please China's Censors 15
Owners of BitMEX, a Leading Bitcoin Exchange, Face Criminal Charges 24
Sonos Sues Google For Infringing Five More Wireless Audio Patents 15
Denmark: We Can Slash CO2 By 70% In a Decade And Still Have Welfare 94
Cloudflare's Privacy Crusade Continues With a Challenge To Google Analytics 21
Hacker Publishes Info On Las Vegas-Area Students After Demanding Ransom 114
Police Charity Bought An iPhone Hacking Tool and Gave It To Cops 92
Healthcare Giant UHS Hit By Ransomware Attack, Sources Say 19
Apple's Battle With Epic Over Fortnite Could Reach Jury Trial Next July 31
Report: U.S. Anti-Trust Regulators Will Accuse Google of Crushing Competition to Maintain Monopoly 60
Amazon's Data-Request Portal for Police is Visible on the Web 6
Singapore Becomes First Country To Use Facial Verification For a National ID Service 18
America's IRS Wants Cryptocurrency Exchanges Declared on Tax Forms 100
Thailand Launches Its First Legal Action Against Facebook and Twitter 19
Silicon Valley Tech Workers Angered By Proposal to Make Some Mandatory Telecommuting Permanent 230
Imprisoned 'Anonymous' Hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld Files His First Appeal 41
The Best Chrome Extensions To Prevent Creepy Web Tracking 38
Illinois Facebook Users Can Claim Up To $400 In Class-Action Suit 18
Amazon Alexa Can Now Immediately Delete Your Voice Recordings 27
Universal Basic Income Gains Support In South Korea After COVID-19 132
Former Cambridge Analytica Chief Receives Seven-Year Directorship Ban 25
DHS Admits Facial Recognition Photos Were Hacked, Released On Dark Web 22
Senators Introduce Bipartisan 'Unplug Internet Kill Switch Act of 2020,' Preventing a President From Denying Access To the Internet 82
Dark Web Drugs Raid Leads To 179 Arrests 152
Russia Wants To Ban the Use of Secure Protocols Such As TLS 1.3, DoH, DoT, ESNI 59
Boeing Whistle-Blower Says Proposed 737 Max Fixes Aren't Enough 102
Feds Issue Emergency Order For Agencies To Patch Critical Windows Flaw 61
Proposal Would Give EU Power To Boot Tech Giants Out of European Market 85
Trump Pushes To Reap Biometric Data From Immigrants, Americans 87
With New Security and Free Internet Issues, What Did the TikTok Deal Really Achieve? 116
Browser Extension uMatrix Ends Active Development 38
US Judge Blocks Attempt to Ban WeChat 140
Chinese Intelligence Compiles 'Vast Database' About Millions Around the World 75
Is Momentum Growing for Universal Basic Incomes? 322
Last-Minute TikTok Deal Averts Shutdown 105
US Spy Plane Impersonates A Malaysian Aircraft 158
At Least 10 Amazon Employees Took Bribes from Sellers, Indictment Alleges 14
Iranian Hackers Found Way Into Encrypted Apps, Researchers Say 28
Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras 58
Tesla Wins Lawsuit Against Whistleblower Accused of Hacks 14
CEO of Cyber Fraud Startup NS8 Arrested By FBI, Facing Fraud Charges 26
Encrochat Investigation Finds Corrupt Cops Leaking Information To Criminals 41
US Charges Chinese and Malaysian Hackers In Global Hacking Campaign 7
DuckDuckGo Is Growing Fast 65
WeChat Users Won't Be Targeted By Trump's Order, US Says 14
A Utah Company Claims It Invented Contact Tracing Tech 49
Google 'Formally' Bans Stalkerware Apps From the Play Store 32
Software Could Help Reform Policing -- If Only Police Unions Wanted It 258
Piratebay.Org Sold For $50,000 At Auction, ThePiratebay.com Up Next 27
Facebook Will Release Its First AR Glasses in 2021 18
Cambridge Staff 'Fobbed Off' At Meeting Over ARM Sale To Nvidia, Says Union 76
Europe's Top Court Says Net Neutrality Rules Bar 'Zero Rating' 81
Personal Information of Roughly 46,000 Veterans Exposed In VA Hack 19
A Bug In Joe Biden's Campaign App Gave Anyone Access To Millions of Voter Files 83
Francisco-Backed Sandvine Cancels Belarus Deal, Citing Abuses 10
European Police Malware Could Harvest GPS, Messages, Passwords, More 29
Google Faces $3 Billion UK Suit Over Use of Children's Data 28
Smaller Internet Providers In Canada Just Got A Big Win In Court 27
Japan's NTT Docomo Admits Thieves Breeched Its e-Money Service 21
Is Boeing's '737 Max' Safe Now? 178
Production Problems at Boeing Factory Prompt Regulators to Review Lapses 63
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Confirms a Pattern of Age Discrimination at IBM 62
MIT Sleep Monitor Can Track People's Sleeping Positions Using Radio Signals 15
DJI Promises 'Local Data Mode' To Fend Off US Government's Mooted Ban 47
Theranos' Holmes May Pursue 'Mental Disease' In Her Defense 98
In China, GitHub Is a Free Speech Zone for Covid Information 28
Portland Passes Groundbreaking Ban on Facial Recognition in Stores, Banks, Restaurants and More 264
Former NSA Chief Keith Alexander Joins Amazon's Board of Directors 30
China To Launch Initiative To Set Global Data-Security Rules 81
Apple Opens Up -- Slightly -- on Hong Kong's National Security Law 22
California Amends Freelancer Law, But Still Pursues Gig-Worker Companies and Food-Delivery Services 113
Who Committed the 25-Year, $8 Million Library Heist? 61
Trump Administration Issues Directive Aimed At Enhancing Cybersecurity In Space 42
Scene Bust Triggered Historic Drop In 'Pirate' Releases 85
Apple Commits To Freedom of Speech After Criticism of China Censorship 44
Trump Ban On Chinese Drone Parts Risks Worsening Wildfires 127
US Will Not Pay Millions In Dues To WHO This Year 186
Facebook Halts Oculus Quest Sales In Germany Amid Privacy Concerns 27
Former IT Director Gets Jail Time For Selling Government's Cisco Gear On eBay 66
Apple To Delay Privacy Change Threatening Facebook, Mobile Ad Market 13
Big Tech is Suing the Patent Office 27
9th Circuit Rules Apple Owes Retail Workers for Time Spent in Security Screenings 76
Google Geofence Data Exonerates Man After Being Charged With Murder 169
Google Removes Android App That Was Used To Spy On Belarusian Protesters 26
The FBI Botches Its DNC Hack Warning In 2016 -- But Says It Won't Next Time 90
Russia May Force Apple To Reduce Its App Store Tax To 20% 87
CBP Does Not Make it Clear Americans Can Opt-out of Airport Face Scanning, Watchdog Says 81
Court Rules NSA Phone Snooping Illegal -- After Seven-Year Delay 81
Private Intel Firm Buys Location Data to Track People to their 'Doorstep' 20
Oracle Loses Appeal in $10 Billion Pentagon Contract Fight 23
Trump Administration Forces Facebook and Google To Drop Hong Kong Cable 56
Andrew Yang Takes Lead Role In California Data Privacy Campaign 26
FBI Worried Ring and Other Doorbell Cameras Could Tip Owners Off To Police Searches 128
For U.S. Space Force Ranks, William Shatner Endorses 'Starfleet Amendment' 207
Kingpin Behind Massive Identity-Theft Service Says He's Sorry 24
Cory Doctorow's New Book Explains 'How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism' 76
Texas A&M Professor Accused of Secretly Collaborating With China Amid NASA Work 52
Tesla, Intel, and Others Urge America's FTC to Oppose Qualcomm Ruling 44
American Sleep Medicine Professionals Call For an End to Daylight Saving Time 130
Your Browsing History Can Uniquely Identify You 32
Report: Massive US Spy Satellite May 'Hoover Up' Cellphone Calls 85
Thousands of Pirates Tricked Into Downloading Fake 'Tenet' Torrents 98
FTC Probes Huge Financial Data Broker Yodlee 9
Apple Terminates Epic's App Store Account Following Legal Dispute Between the Two Companies 165
Japan's Longest-Serving PM, Shinzo Abe, Resigns For Health Reasons 22
China Secretly Built a Vast New Infrastructure To Imprison Muslims 271
Facebook Sues Maker of Advertising SDK for Refusing To Participate in Audit 18
'The Future of American Industry Depends On Open Source Tech' 45
Amazon announces Halo, a fitness band and app that scans your body and voice 30
DOJ Finally Starts Process of Investigating Nursing Home Deaths From COVID-19 232
Microsoft's TikTok Deal Reportedly Ballooned After Trump Intervened 44
Clearview AI CEO Says 'Over 2,400 Police Agencies' Are Using Its Facial Recognition Software 14
US Indictments and Raids of Piracy Group Members in 'The Scene' Throw Top-Tier Piracy World Into Chaos 70
Facebook Warns Advertisers on Apple Privacy Changes 63
Unredacted Suit Shows Google's Own Engineers Confused By Privacy Settings 51
White House Announces Creation of AI and Quantum Research Institutes 31
Man Sues Patent Office For Deciding an AI Can't Invent Things 137
After 48 Years, Democrats Endorse Nuclear Energy In Platform 385
Facial Recognition Designed To Detect Around Face Masks Is Failing, Study Finds 37
A New Botnet Is Covertly Targeting Millions of Servers 27
Israeli Phone Hacking Company 'Cellebrite' Sued To Stop Sales To Hong Kong 28
Apple Ordered To Not Block Epic Games' Unreal Engine, But Fortnite To Stay Off App Store 207
Bridgefy, the Messenger Promoted For Mass Protests, Is a Privacy Disaster 80
Nintendo Copyright Infringement Threats Shut Down Switch Payload Injector 40
Microsoft Warns Court That Apple Blocking Epic Will Hurt Games Business 127
TikTok Sues US Government Over Trump Ban 142
People In The Developing World Thought They Were Buying Cheap Cellphones. They Were Also Getting Robbed. 57
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington's Fears About TikTok 97
New Zealand Can't Find Source of Its New Covid-19 Cases 199
America Begins Airport Tests of Technology To Detect Drones and 'Mitigate Potential Safety Risks Posed' 36
'GamerGate' Proponent Kills Ex-Girlfriend, Commits Suicide 308
Police in Several US Cities Used Facial Recognition To Hunt Down and Arrest Protesters 254
Anti-Piracy Outfit Hires VPN Expert To Help Track Down The Pirate Bay 67
Palantir, Tech's Next Big IPO, Lost $580 Million In 2019 52
Microsoft Plans Cloud Contract Push With Foreign Governments After $10 Million JEDI Win 29
Telegram Messaging App Proves Crucial To Belarus Protests 21
Apple Fires Back in Court, Says Epic Games CEO Asked For Special Treatment 163
Tens of Suspects Arrested For Cashing-out Santander ATMs Using Software Glitch 59
Open Technology Fund Sues Administration For $20M in Missing Funds 25
Last-Minute California Ruling Means Uber and Lyft Won't Shut Down Today 63
Fearing Coronavirus, a Michigan College is Tracking Its Students With a Flawed App 105
Weather Channel App To Change Practices After LA Lawsuit 32
Germany Begins Universal Basic Income Trial With People Getting $1,400 a Month For 3 Years 380
235 Million Instagram, TikTok and YouTube User Profiles Exposed In Massive Data Leak 19
UK Will Take a Crack At Regulating Future Self-Driving Car Systems 31
QAnon Groups Hit by Facebook Crack Down 242
Microsoft, Energy Department To Develop Disaster-Response AI Tools 8
Ex-Apple Engineer Says U.S. Government May Have Built a Top-Secret Geiger Counter Out of an iPod 64
Android 11 Is Taking Away the Camera Picker, Forcing People To Only Use the Built-In Camera 156
Researchers Can Duplicate Keys From the Sounds They Make In Locks 33
AI Company Leaks Over 2.5 Million Medical Records 23
New Toyotas Will Upload Data To AWS To Help Create Custom Insurance Premiums Based On Driver Behavior 206
'Landlord Tech Watch' Site Lets You Report Landlords Using Tech To Screw Over Tenants 114
Secret Service Paid To Get Americans' Location Data Without a Warrant, Documents Show 68
An Alexa Bug Could Have Exposed Your Voice History To Hackers 42
Cities Sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Claim They Owe Cable 'Franchise Fees' 111
Text Editor Notepad++ Banned In China After 'Stand With Hong Kong' Update 87
Apple Expands Its Independent Repair Program To Mac 32
Google Warns Australians it Really Doesn't Want to Pay for News 114
The NSA's Guidelines for Protecting Location Data 30
Should the U.S. Pardon Edward Snowden? 191
San Diego's Police Are Using Video from 'Smart' Streetlights 100
Charter Can Charge Online Video Sites for Network Connections, Court Rules 113
TikTok's US Employees Plan To Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Order 97
Homeland Security Details New Tools For Extracting Device Data at US Borders 113
'Stalkerware' Phone Spying Apps Have Escaped Google's Ad Ban 25
Police Use of Facial Recognition Violates Human Rights, UK Court Rules 58
TikTok Tracked User Data Using Tactic Banned By Google 46
University of Michigan Study Advocates Ban of Facial Recognition in Schools 18
Qualcomm Wins US Antitrust Lawsuit Appeal Over Chip Licensing 17
Zoom Sued By Consumer Group For Misrepresenting Its Encryption Protections 11
Belarus Has Shut Down the Internet Amid a Controversial Election 120
EPA To Rescind Methane Regulations For Oil and Gas 118
California Judge Orders Uber and Lyft To Classify Drivers As Employees 149
Leaked Documents Reveal What TikTok Shares With Authorities In the US 27
Apple Is Fighting Trademark for Prepear's Pear-Shaped Logo 84
Should the U.K. Government Form a Coalition to Buy ARM? 124
Richard Stallman Discusses Privacy Risks of Bitcoin, Suggests 'Something Much Better' 168
Some Cities are Combining Basic Incomes with Local Currenices 88
WSJ: Qualcomm Asks US Government to Let it Sell Chips to Huawei 38
Cringely Predicts the U.S. Can't Stop WeChat 134
Settlement for Google+ Breach Offers Class Members Up to $12 Each 67
New Zealand Marks 100 Days of No Covid-19 Community Spread 60
China Is Now Blocking All Encrypted HTTPS Traffic That Uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI 103
Bill Gates Weighs In on US Pandemic Response, Encryption, and Grilling Tech Executives 86
Is the US about to Split the Internet? 165
Trump Blew Up More Than Just TikTok and WeChat 145
Government's PACER Fees Are Too High, Federal Circuit Says 17
At Talkspace, Startup Culture Collides With Mental Health Concerns 19
US Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps To Track Phones 32
TikTok Ban: Trump Will Prohibit Transactions With ByteDance Beginning September 20 217
Lawmakers Ask California DMV How It Makes $50 Million a Year Selling Drivers' Data 67
FCC Lowers Some Prison Phone Rates After Blaming States For High Prices 39
Facebook Removes Trump Post For the First Time 291
US Senate Votes To Ban TikTok App On Government Devices 19
US Reaches $1 Billion Deal For Doses of Potential Johnson & Johnson Vaccine 126
New York Unveils Landmark Antitrust Bill That Makes It Easier To Sue Tech Giants 34
Twitter Hack Zoom Court Hearing Interrupted by Loud Music and Porn 71
Twitter Says Android Security Bug Gave Access To Direct Messages 4
Anthony Levandowski Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison, As New $4 Billion Lawsuit Against Uber Is Filed 23
Tesla's Touchscreen Wiper Controls Ruled Illegal In Germany 420
Twitter Faces FTC Probe, Likely Fine Over Use of Phone Numbers For Ads 23
Firefox 79 Clears Redirect Tracking Cookies Every 24 Hours 29

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