Our government shouldn’t be spying on journalists. Nor should law enforcement agencies force journalist to identify their confidential sources or go to prison.
To fix this, we need to change the law. Now, we’ve got our best chance in years. The House of Representatives has passed the Protect Reporters from Exploitive State Spying (PRESS) Act, H.R. 4250and it’s one of the strongest federal shield bills for journalists we’ve seen.
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The PRESS Act would do two critical things: first, it would bar federal law enforcement from surveillance journalists by gathering their…
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Dumped, Not Recycled? Electronic Tracking Raises Questions About Houston’s Drive to Repurpose a Full Range of Plastics
HOUSTON—The message on the signs at the recycling drop-off site here was clear, and warmly welcomed by area residents who visited on a recent autumn Saturday to stuff bags of plastic waste into large green metal containers.
“All plastic, all numbers, all symbols,” proclaims one sign at the recycling site in Houston’s suburban Kingwood community, referring to the seven standard types of plastics, commonly identified on a plastic product by a number inside a “chasing arrows” icon. “Bag it and bring it,” reads another.
Normally, recycling programs limit what kinds of plastic they accept, ruling out types that are difficult…
Electrical, electronic goods export surges
The shipment of electrical and electronics goods from Bangladesh displayed an impressive growth of 48 per cent in July-May of the outgoing financial year on the back of improving product quality and government support, official figures showed.
According to the Export Promotion Bureau, Bangladesh earned $115.30 million by selling electrical and electronics items in the overseas markets in the first 11 months of 2022-23, which was $77.86 million during the identical period a year earlier.
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This means the segment has surpassed the $105 million export target set for…
White House pushes for renewal of electronic surveillance law provisions | Biden administration
The White House is stepping up pressure on lawmakers to renew a section of electronic surveillance law which allows the government to conduct targeted surveillance of foreign persons located outside the US.
The provision, known as section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa), is set to expire at the end of the year. But its renewal is facing pushback from privacy advocates and lawmakers, some citing examples in which law enforcement search requests were misused to conduct illegal surveillance on US citizens.
On Monday, Joe Biden’s administration circulated examples showing the US had used electronic surveillance under section…