Tech Needs More Conscientious Objectors – The New York Times

American companies continue to build surveillance tools that are used to violate human rights. Workers who refuse to comply deserve protections. Mr. Poulson is a former research scientist at Google. ImageA protester outside Google’s London headquarters in January urging the company to scrap the Dragonfly project, a censored search engine for China.CreditCreditBen Stansall/Agence France-Presse —…

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Trump Digs In on Wiretap, No Matter Who Says Differently – The New York Times

Senators Mark Warner, left, Democrat of Virginia, and Richard M. Burr, Republican of North Carolina, in January at hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which they oversee. Credit Al Drago/The New York Times WASHINGTON — The former president denied it. So did the former national intelligence director. The F.B.I. director has said privately that it…

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