@shewandersferal.mu.socialI prefer the actual modern #politicaltheory definition
a process where a #democracy destroys itself from within
when a democratically elected government or its citizens use democratic mechanisms (like #voting or #legalreforms) to dismantle #democraticinstitutions, #CivilLiberties, & the #RuleOfLaw
@vpnet.bsky.socialICE buys commercial data on the public in bulk. Now it has paid up to $14.5 million to have its own employees scrubbed out of it. Two officials called it inside surveillance. #privacy #surveillance #civilliberties
@minneapolimedia.bsky.socialST PAUL| Proposed expansion of police drone use has been stopped by the City Council, which rejected a $600,000 federal grant amid concerns about surveillance, privacy and public trust.
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#MinneapoliMedia #ThursdayNews #Surveillance #Privacy #CivilLiberties
@citizenptnewsmo.bsky.socialResidents are calling for Lee's Summit to ditch its controversial automated license plate reader system, fearing privacy violations and unchecked data sharing.
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#SummitJacksonCounty #MO #SurveillanceEthics #CitizenPortal #Privacy #CivilLiberties #DataProtection
@motherofdemocracy.bsky.socialAs we move to the anniversary of the September 11, attacks, I share some thoughts on what the younger generation missed growing up in the post-civil liberties America.
@citizenptnewsnc.bsky.socialResidents of Nags Head are raising serious concerns over the Flock automated license-plate reader system, questioning whether public safety is worth sacrificing privacy rights.
Get the details!
#NagsHeadDareCounty #NC #CitizenPortal #PublicSafety #CivilLiberties #NagsHeadPrivacy #DataPrivacy
@citizenptnewsnj.bsky.socialA local resident is sounding the alarm over Woodbridge's contract with Flock, claiming their invasive camera systems violate privacy rights and could endanger children.
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#ColoniaMiddlesexCounty #NJ #SurveillanceEthics #CitizenPortal #CommunityAccountability #CivilLiberties
@citizenptnewsma.bsky.socialAcushnet selectmen have unanimously decided to suspend their controversial agreement with Flock Safety, raising significant questions about data ownership and civil liberties.
Learn more here!
#AcushnetBristolCounty #MA #AcushnetSelectmen #CitizenPortal #CivilLiberties #CommunityGovernance
@ajbezos.bsky.socialThe UAE's surveillance on British citizens reveals a chilling betrayal by our own government. If they knew and remained silent, it's complicity. If they didn't, that's incompetence. Either way, safety and liberty are mere illusions. #UAE #CivilLiberties #FreeSpeech
@admirablewomen.bsky.socialJane Addams: the first American woman awarded the #Nobel Peace Prize, 1931, her efforts to revive the ideal of peace & champion social justice globally.
She co-founded @aclu.org, 1920, and is the "mother" of the #socialwork profession in the US.
She was born #OTD in 1860. #CivilLiberties #HistSky
@indiahouse.bsky.socialThe Kolkata office of Anandabazar Patrika, the city’s leading Bangla newspaper, was targeted by a group of Hindutva supporters who raised slogans and painted its entrance pillars saffron.
👉Swipe!
#AnandabazarPatrika #Kolkata #WestBengal #PressFreedom #CivilLiberties
@atmywitsend.wsocial.euLondon’s narrow, chaotic streets don't care about Silicon Valley PR decks or Wayve algorithms. If your multi-million-pound autonomous AI can't handle a standard route without human intervention, it’s not ready for commercial rollout. 🛑
@witsendfr.bsky.socialLondon’s narrow, chaotic streets don't care about Silicon Valley PR decks or Wayve algorithms. If your multi-million-pound autonomous AI can't handle a standard route without human intervention, it’s not ready for commercial rollout. 🛑
@memetactica.bsky.socialNormalization comes first
Authoritarianism doesn’t begin at its worst point. It grows when attacks on truth, dissent, institutions and targeted groups become ordinary.
Reflash before “not normal” becomes normal.
@memetactica.bsky.socialYour street isn’t a battlefield
The Posse Comitatus Act exists to help keep federal military power from becoming ordinary civilian policing, with legal exceptions.
#CivilLiberties #PosseComitatus
Reflash if guardrails on state power matter.
