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Former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan has sued Gawker again, saying the gossip website leaked sealed court documents with a transcript that quoted him making racist remarks. Hogan’s new lawsuit on Monday comes on the heels of winning a $140m verdict against Gawker after it posted a video of him having sex with his then best…
A newly published study from Oxford’s Jon Penney provides empirical evidence for a key argument long made by privacy advocates: that the mere existence of a surveillance state breeds fear and conformity and stifles free expression. Reporting on the study, the Washington Post this morning described this phenomenon: “If we think that authorities are watching our online actions,…
render left third party share bar style=”background: url(../images/patterns/paper-noise.png) top left white;” story headline story body A Georgia man claims the car accident that left him with permanent brain damage was caused by a teen too busy taking selfies to pay attention to the road, according to reports. Now he’s suing the teen, Christal McGee, and…
Millions of drivers use Waze, a Google-owned navigation app, to find the best, fastest route from point A to point B. And according to a new study, all of those people run the risk of having their movements tracked by hackers. Researchers at the University of California-Santa Barbara recently discovered a Waze vulnerability that allowed…
Emily Weber and Alexander Telinde, a couple from Virginia, assaulted a transit police officer who was trying to give stop them after one jumped a turnstile, according to police and prosecutors. View Full Caption Facebook EAST WILLIAMSBURG — A young Virginia couple visiting New York City attacked a transit police officer, hitting him repeatedly with…
A former New York City police officer won’t face any jail time after a judge reduced his manslaughter conviction to criminally negligent homicide today. A jury convicted Peter Liang of second-degree manslaughter in February for the shooting death of Akai Gurley. The police department fired Liang shortly after the verdict. Liang was 28 years old…
On Monday, April 18, a man sued Kanye West and TIDAL for “duping” fans into having to pay for a subscription to the music streaming service. A story, originally reported by the AP, and then by Pitchfork, states that Justin Baker-Rhett has filed a class-action lawsuit against the pop-culture icon and the struggling streaming company. According…
As even the most deft social media ninja will tell you, social media campaigns are hard. But it really seems like the New York Police Department should have seen this one coming. A coalition led by the NYPD and Manhattan’s top prosecutor launched a campaign to “highlight the impact encryption is having on public safety…
A Southwest Airlines jet takes off from Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Earlier this month, Khairuldeen Makhzoomi found himself at a gathering with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. He had been invited to the dinner-and-lecture event in Los Angeles by a friend who works for the World Affairs Council, and he…
On October 4, 2012, two FBI agents visited the home of Matthew Keys, aged 25, in Secaucus, New Jersey. At the time, he was the deputy social media editor for Reuters. Special Agents John Cauthen and Gabriel Andrews showed him a sheaf of papers—a search warrant over 50 pages including chat transcripts. Keys was…