George, Meet Orwell
Wikileaks is back with The Spyfiles, a database “of hundreds of documents from as many as 160 intelligence contractors in the mass surveillance industry.”
Western Surveillance Technology & Repressive Regimes
The Washington Post explores how Western surveillance technology that listens in on cell phone calls, monitors Internet activity, takes pictures of people while they use their computers and otherwise tracks people while it hacks their digital devices, ends up in the hands of the world’s most repressive regimes.
Wikileaks Broke, Will Stop Publishing
With donations blocked, Wikileaks suspends the release of documents.
Egyptian Blogger Continues Prison Hunger Strike
Even though what he wrote was true, Maikel Nabil Sanad was sentenced to three years in prison for criticizing Egypt’s military.
