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Archives: Privacy
![In defeat for Israel Lobbies, Professors’ Union censures U of Illinois Over Salaita Firing](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/in-defeat-for-israel-lobbies-pro-187x137.jpg)
![Fighting for Privacy, Two Years After Snowden](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/fighting-for-privacy-two-years-a-187x137.jpg)
Fighting for Privacy, Two Years After Snowden
By Richard Esguerra | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - - Two years ago today, Glenn Greenwald published in the Guardian a single document confirming a key piece of the NSA's surveillance program,…![Wins and Losses for Liberty and Privacy in USA Freedom Act](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/wins-and-losses-for-liberty-and-187x137.jpg)
Wins and Losses for Liberty and Privacy in USA Freedom Act
By Cindy Cohn and Mark Jaycox | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - The Senate passed the USA Freedom Act today by 67-32, marking the first time in over thirty years that both…![SlutWalk: Israeli Women March For Equal Rights In Jerusalem](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/slutwalk-israeli-women-march-for-187x137.jpg)
SlutWalk: Israeli Women March For Equal Rights In Jerusalem
AJ+ | (Video) | - "It's a city where women have been forced to sit at the back of buses. Now Israel's women are demanding equal rights in Jerusalem with a "SlutWalk"."…![Online Freedom of Speech under Siege even in “Democracies”](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/01/online-freedom-of-speech-under-s-187x137.jpg)
Online Freedom of Speech under Siege even in “Democracies”
By Jillian York | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) In the midst of the global surveillance debate, talk of online censorship has often taken a backseat. Yet, all around the world, the inalienable right…![Iran: Rise In Youth just living together — Gov’t rails Against ‘White Marriage’](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/12/iran-rise-in-youth-just-living-t-187x137.jpg)
Iran: Rise In Youth just living together — Gov’t rails Against ‘White Marriage’
By Golnaz Esfandiari (RFL/RE) | -- Raana and Hamed have been living together for four years. They eat together. They both contribute to the household and share a savings account. They fight…![Americans’ Personal Freedom falls to 21 in World](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/12/americans-personal-freedom-falls-187x137.jpg)
Americans’ Personal Freedom falls to 21 in World
The Young Turks | --- ""Americans' assessments of their personal freedom have significantly declined under President Obama, according to a new study from the Legatum Institute in London, and the United States…![Apple and Google Take on U.S. Government Over Encryption](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/10/apple-and-google-take-on-u-s-gov-187x137.jpg)
Apple and Google Take on U.S. Government Over Encryption
" Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- While the newest Apple and Google smartphones will automatically encrypt data stored on them, that won’t keep U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies from obtaining evidence linked…![What the Hackers did to Celebs? The NSA has been Doing that to All of US instead of Predicting ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/09/what-the-hackers-did-to-celebs-t-187x137.jpg)
What the Hackers did to Celebs? The NSA has been Doing that to All of US instead of Predicting ISIL
By Juan Cole There has been a lot of justifiable outrage about the invasion of privacy of celebrities and the posting of their private, nude photos at 4Chan by hackers who apparently…![Victim of McCarthy-Era Witch Hunt calls on U-Illinois not to Fire Critic of Israeli Policies](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/08/victim-of-mccarthy-era-witch-hun-187x137.jpg)
Victim of McCarthy-Era Witch Hunt calls on U-Illinois not to Fire Critic of Israeli Policies
Note by Juan Cole: In the early 1950s, under the influence of Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI), a national witch hunt was conducted for leftists. McCarthy claimed to have a list of 100…![Gov’t: Be Careful what you Say on Facebook: “Are you on the Terrorist Watchlist?”](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/08/govt-be-careful-what-you-say-on-187x137.jpg)
Gov’t: Be Careful what you Say on Facebook: “Are you on the Terrorist Watchlist?”
AJ+ "One million people worldwide have been swept up by TIDE, the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment. It's a list of people suspected of being terrorists that's managed by the U.S. National Counterterrorism…![One Nation, under SWAT: The undemocratic Militarization of the Police](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/08/one-nation-under-swat-the-undemo-187x137.jpg)
One Nation, under SWAT: The undemocratic Militarization of the Police
By Matthew Harwood via Tomdispatch.com Jason Westcott was afraid. One night last fall, he discovered via Facebook that a friend of a friend was planning with some co-conspirators to break in to…![Do you Think your Smartphone Location Data is Private? The Police Don’t](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331042216im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2014/08/do-you-think-your-smartphone-loc-187x137.jpg)