Big tech is being taken to task by lawmakers across the world. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) Accused of exposing children to harm, and using and abusing millions of people's data, legislation is being brought in to regulate platforms like Facebook and Google.

A lawsuit claims Mass. violated residents' constitutional rights by installing a 'contact-tracing app' on their phones without consent.

I've recently posted twice on the case of Missouri v. Biden, in which the states of Missouri and Louisiana - along with four private plaintiffs (Jay Bhattacharya, Martin Kulldorff, the non-profit Health Freedom Louisiana, and yours truly) represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance - are suing the Biden Administration for alleged free speech violations.

Human rights activists, journalists and lawyers across the world have been targeted by authoritarian governments using hacking software sold by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, according to an investigation into a massive data leak.

U.S. Capitol Police will begin fielding military surveillance equipment as part of sweeping security upgrades as the force becomes "an intelligence-based protective agency" after the Jan. 6 attack. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently approved a Capitol Police request for eight Persistent Surveillance Systems Ground - Medium (PSSG-M) units.

According to an ongoing analysis of Apple's new App Tracking Transparency feature, the vast majority of iPhone users are choosing to shut down app tracking cutting off many apps from accessing their personal data. According to user data, only 4 percent of iPhone users in America have enabled app tracking, which Facebook has begged the public to do to keep its platform "free of charge."

BGI Genomics-the Chinese Communist Party-linked genomics firm flagged by U.S. officials as "mining" the DNA of Americans-has collaborated extensively with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The National Pulse can reveal. The company has recently come under fire following a 60 Minutes exposé on the company's use of COVID-19 tests to "collect, store and exploit biometric information" on American citizens, according to former U.S.

In a blog post courtesy of the International Monetary Fund, IMF researchers Arnoud Boot, Peter Hoffmann, Luc Laeven, and Lev Ratnovski called for internet search history to be tied to credit score.