Partnership between Facebook and police could make planning protests impossible - BlackListedNews.com

Partnership between Facebook and police could make planning protests impossible - BlackListedNews.com:
Bloggers at the website PrivacySOS.org acknowledged that former federal prosecutor-turned-Facebook security chief Joe Sullivan was scheduled to speak during the conference at a panel entitled “Helping Law Enforcement Respond to Mass Gatherings Spurred by Social Media,” and suggested that agencies could be partnering with tech companies to keep users of certain services for communicating and planning protests and other types of demonstrations. A 2011 Bloomberg report revealed that Creativity Software, a UK based company with international clients, had sold geofencing programs to law enforcement in Iran which was then used to track political dissidents. US Senator Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) told Bloomberg that those companies should be condemned for being complicit in human rights abuses. And while this week’s convention in Philadelphia was for law enforcement agencies around the globe, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see American companies adopt similar systems.

Some Florida Police Are Using Data To Predict Crime | Fast Company | Business Innovation

Some Florida Police Are Using Data To Predict Crime | Fast Company | Business Innovation

BBC News - Are conspiracy theories destroying democracy?

BBC News - Are conspiracy theories destroying democracy?

NSA asked Japan to tap regionwide fiber-optic cables in 2011 | The Japan Times

NSA asked Japan to tap regionwide fiber-optic cables in 2011 | The Japan Times:
But Tokyo decided it could not do so because under current legislation, it cannot intercept such communications even if the aim is to prevent a terrorist act. Japan also has a substantially smaller number of intelligence personnel, compared with the NSA’s estimated 30,000 employees, the sources said.

A 140-Acre Forest Is About to Materialize in the Middle of Detroit - BlackListedNews.com

A 140-Acre Forest Is About to Materialize in the Middle of Detroit - BlackListedNews.com: The company has committed to clearing 50 derelict structures, cleaning up the garbage dumped across the neighborhood, planting 15,000 trees, and mowing regularly. Planting of the hardwoods will begin in earnest next fall, and the urban forest will be called Hantz Woodlands.

Report says foster children receive too many medications - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Report says foster children receive too many medications - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

The meds the doctors prescribed deadened all feelings, taking away what it means to be a kid.

"I couldn't eat, I couldn't move," the child said. "It was like I was in a full body straitjacket."

Report says foster children receive too many medications - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Report says foster children receive too many medications - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

ND farmer finds oil spill while harvesting wheat - Yahoo News

ND farmer finds oil spill while harvesting wheat - Yahoo News