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Amazon Implements ‘Sidewalk’ To Steal Your Privacy

LeeF June 8, 2021 April 8, 2023

Today, June 8, Amazon will activate Amazon Sidewalk, a mass wireless sharing network. Users of all Amazon smart devices will be automatically enrolled, without consent, unless …

Amazon to Pay $61.7M FTC Settlement for Stiffing Drivers on Tips

LeeF February 3, 2021 April 8, 2023

E-commerce giant Amazon will reportedly pay $61.7 million to settle allegations by the FTC that the company failed to pay Flex delivery drivers the full …

FTC and 48 Attorneys General Sue to Break Up Facebook

LeeF December 9, 2020 April 8, 2023

The FTC and 48 Attorneys General filed two separate lawsuits against Facebook on Wednesday. The suit attempts to break up the tech giant into its …

Facebook Pays $644,000 UK Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Case, Doesn’t Admit Fault

LeeF October 30, 2019 April 8, 2023

Facebook has agreed to pay the Information Commissioner’s Office, the United Kingdom’s privacy regulator, a £500,000 fine on Wednesday over its Cambridge Analytica data leak, …

Facebook To Pay Record $5 Billion Fine In FTC Settlement

LeeF July 24, 2019 April 8, 2023

As extensively leaked in advance, on Wednesday morning Facebook agreed to pay a record $5 billion fine to resolve a long-running federal investigation that has …

Report: Amazon Employees Listen in to 1000s of Customer Alexa Recordings

LeeF April 11, 2019 April 8, 2023

Amazon customers have complained that their privacy has been violated after it emerged that the company employs hundreds of people to listen to recordings of them speaking …

Federal Trade Commission Announced Groundbreaking Lawsuit against a Company it Accuses of Paying for Fake Amazon Reviews

LeeF February 26, 2019 April 8, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission announced a groundbreaking lawsuit against a company it accuses of paying for fake Amazon reviews. From the FTC release: The Federal …

VIZIO Ordered to Pay $2.2Mil to FTC, NJ to Settle Charges It Collected Viewing Histories on 11 Million Smart TV’s without Users’ Consent

LeeF February 6, 2017 April 8, 2023

Consumers have bought more than 11 million internet-connected Vizio televisions since 2010. But according to a complaint filed by the FTC and the New Jersey Attorney …

House Republicans Request Investigation on the Clinton Foundation

LeeF July 15, 2016 April 8, 2023

A request to investigate the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation on charges of “public corruption” was made in a letter by 64 House Republicans …

Court of Appeals Issued Decision ‘In re Seagate Technology’ making it Virtually Impossible for Inventors to Demonstrate Willful Infringement

LeeF August 20, 2007 April 8, 2023

In 2005, the multinational corporations asked the Supreme Court to prevent permanent injunctions in patent litigation even after the patent owner had established that there …

On This Day in History…

Swiss Diplomat Who Represented Biden Admin Interests in Iran Is Found Dead After Falling from 17th Floor Balcony in Tehran

3 years ago

Swiss diplomat Sylvie Brunner was found dead this week after falling from her 17th-floor apartment balcony in Tehran. She was the first secretary of the Swiss delegation and worked in the US Interests Section. Neighbors heard a loud explosion late at night before her death. Her body was found in the garden the next morning. According to reports, Sylvie Brunner was called to Iran to testify about her knowledge of the details of the American accounts who pocketed billions of dollars due to the bribes to lift sanctions against … Read More

Irish Police Break Into Man’s Home and Remove His Children at 3 AM After He Films Police Shutting Down a Catholic Mass

3 years ago

The local Garda or Irish police, barged into a Catholic Mass in Athlone, Ireland last weekend and shut down the service. As you can see from the video, the congregation was sitting rows apart, and even by crazy Dr. Fauci’s standards were likely not in danger of infecting others in the church. One man in the congregation, later identified as Pat Sweeney, decided to film the assault on this Catholic service by the state. A couple of nights later local Garda stormed the man’s home at 3 in … Read More

Under Threat and Harassment, Dr. Mercola Forced to Remove All Articles Related to Vitamins D, C, Zinc and COVID-19

3 years ago

(by Dr. Mercola) Over the past year, I’ve been researching and writing as much as I can to help you take control of your health, as fearmongering media and corrupt politicians have destroyed lives and livelihoods to establish global control of the world’s population, using the COVID-19 pandemic as their justification. I’ve also kept you informed about billionaire-backed front groups like the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a partner of Bill Gates’ Alliance for Science, both of whom have led campaigns aimed at destroying my reputation and … Read More

Twitter Hires China CCP-Linked AI Expert

4 years ago

Commentators have been raising concerns over Twitter’s recent hiring of artificial intelligence (AI) star Fei-Fei Li, who has links to the Chinese Communist Party. Twitter appointed Stanford professor and former Google vice president Li to its board as an independent director earlier this month, citing her AI expertise. Li’s appointment came after she left her role as chief scientist of AI/ML (artificial intelligence/machine learning) at Google Cloud in October 2018 following a controversy surrounding Google’s Project Maven initiative, which helped the Pentagon identify drone targets from blurry video … Read More

House releases unredacted Russia report — and it catches James Comey square in a lie on Mike Flynn

6 years ago

Newly unredacted portions of the House Intelligence Committee’s final report on Russia were released on Friday and they contain a bombshell relating to what former FBI Director James Comey’s told lawmakers about the bureau’s investigation into Michael Flynn. What are the details? According to Fox News, the documents show Comey told lawmakers the FBI did not believe Flynn intentionally lied about his contacts with Russian diplomats. “Director Comey testified to the Committee that ‘the agents…discerned no physical indications of deception. They didn’t see any change in posture, in … Read More

Presidential Directive NSPD-51/HSPD-20 is Issued Giving Gov’t Right to Seize Property, Institute Martial Law, and Suspend Guaranteed Constitutio…

17 years ago

Apparently unsure that the USAPATRIOT Act(s) and the Military Commissions Act weren’t strong enough, Bush issued a document doubly titled National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD 51″ and “Homeland Security Presidential Directive/ HSPD-20.” This document supposedly outlines the federal government’s plan for maintaining continuity in the face of a “catastrophic emergency” by implementing martial law. “Catastrophic emergency” is defined as “any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government function.” So, pretty much … Read More

The 1st Freedom Ride Left Washington DC to Challenge the Southern States’ Non-Enforcement of the Supreme Court’s ruling that Segregation o…

63 years ago

During the spring of 1961, student activists from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) launched the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals. Traveling on buses from Washington, D.C., to Jackson, Mississippi, the riders met violent opposition in the Deep South, garnering extensive media attention and eventually forcing federal intervention from John F. Kennedy’s administration. Although the campaign succeeded in securing an Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) ban on segregation in all facilities under their jurisdiction, the Freedom Rides fueled existing tensions between student activists and Martin Luther … Read More

Ida Wells is Forcibly Removed from Her 1st Class Train Seat that she had Purchased Sparking her Rise as an Activist and Journalist

140 years ago

On May 4, 1884, a train conductor with the Memphis and Charleston Railroad ordered Wells to give up her seat in the first-class ladies car and move to the smoking car, which was already crowded with other passengers. The year before, the Supreme Court had ruled against the federal Civil Rights Act of 1875 (which had banned racial discrimination in public accommodations). This verdict supported railroad companies that chose to racially segregate their passengers. When Wells refused to give up her seat, the conductor and two men dragged … Read More