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"Beat reporters now have until Tuesday to sign the new rules or give up their #press passes by Wednesday. Editors and journalists have said they will continue to cover the U.S. military even without press credentials" thehill.com/policy/defen...

Satellites are leaking your data worse than coffee shop WiFi: Researchers A study has found that many geosynchronous satellites transmit unencrypted data, including SMS and military information, which is visible to anyone with $600 worth of equipment.

Encryption should be used at every layer as defense-in-depth protection against individual failures. Treat #encryption as mandatory, not an add‑on,” the researchers said" cointelegraph.com/news/geo-sat...

ICE arrests US citizen in Oregon. Attorney decries ‘illegal abduction’ Francisco Miranda, who was born in California, was detained by masked agents, taken away in an unmarked van and held for several hours at the ICE office in Portland.

"Because where were you born and don’t lie to me,” the agent replied.

“I’m from California,” Miranda told him.

“Don’t lie to me. Where were you born?” the agent asked Miranda again.

“California,” Miranda repeated. #ICE www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Labor-led coalition calls for Airbnb boycott - 48 hills The company is trying to get out of $120 million in local taxes. Labor is fighting back

Labor groups call for an AirBNB #boycott after the company sues San Francisco for a $120 million refund of corporate business taxes. 48hills.org/2025/10/labo...?

After getting fired, California's top cybersecurity official calls for change The governor fired the top California cybersecurity official. He says the people who oversaw him were unqualified.

"In Bómbita’s telling, he wanted to focus on critical infrastructure and helping small cities and schools; CAL OES wanted to focus on threats such as North Korean scammers seeking remote jobs or online threats against health care executives" #Cybersecurity calmatters.org/economy/tech...

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National Digital Inclusion Alliance sues the federal government over the recission of the #DigitalEquityAct. ndia.groups.io/g/main/satta...

Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product ...

"#Flock has been touting new features to their #Raven product. The online ad for the product shows the image of police getting an alert for “screaming.” www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

FAC Represents Newsroom After Shasta Elections Official Illegally Excludes its Journalists from Media Release Distribution

#Shasta County election clerk accuses local nonprofit #newsroom Shasta Scout of #election interference and being "illegitimate". firstamendmentcoalition.org/2025/10/09/s...

Edison’s Eaton Fire compensation plan isn’t enough, residents say Thousands of residents from Altadena and surrounding areas say Eaton fire victims are excluded and shortchanged by Edison’s compensation plan

“We’re trying to prevent a situation where the most vulnerable people take way less than they should be getting,” Joy Chen, executive director of the #EatonFire Survivors Network, said in an interview with CalMatters". calmatters.org/economy/2025...

Federal judge orders DHS/ICE to halt arrests and use of chemical weapons on Chicago press, peaceful protestors - Editor and Publisher A federal judge barred Department of Homeland Security agents, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs & Border Patrol, from using force against journalists and protesters who don’t po...

Second federal judge issues a TRO against the use of munitions, chemical #weapons and arrests against journalists and protesters not presenting any threat during #ICE protests. This time in #Chicago. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/fede...

Amazon Ring plans to use facial recognition scans Amazon added facial recognition, branded as “familiar faces,” to Ring cameras — sparking fresh privacy and consent concerns.

"It’s troubling that companies are making a product that by design is taking biometric information from people who are doing the innocent act of walking onto a porch". #Ring mashable.com/article/amaz...

Update from the war zone in Portland.

California sues city over surveillance data, warns it can be shared with federal agencies California limits how police store and share data they collect with automated license plate readers to protect residents' privacy. The state is suing El Cajon, alleging it's misusing that data.

2 days after Newsom vetoed stronger protections for license plate reader data, AG Bonta sues a CA police department in El Cajon for sharing license plate reader data with law enforcement in more than two dozen other states in violation of state law. #ALPR calmatters.org/justice/2025...

S.F. speed cameras are generating mountains of tickets and fines. Here are the totals so far August was the first month that San Francisco’s automated speed cameras generated citations with a fine. One camera accounted for a quarter of all the tickets, according to data.

SF's new speed cameras are largely ticketing people exiting and entering #freeway ramps in SOMA and on Bayshore. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

Corporations are buying up Altadena lots. Policies to counter that trend have so far failed More than half of sales through September have been to corporate developers. Grassroots community efforts continue to work to combat the trend.

"It's a textbook example of #disastercapitalism, where people are targeted while they're grieving and overwhelmed" #EatonFire laist.com/news/climate...

Hey, San Francisco, There Should be Consequences When Police Spy Illegally A San Francisco supervisor has proposed that police and other city agencies should have no financial consequences for breaking a landmark surveillance oversight law. In 2019, organizations from across...

Attorney's fees are only paid for a plaintiff if they WIN their lawsuit, so by definition the cases aren't "baseless". The city and the cops are breaking the law and they want to do so consequence-free. #Surveillance #MattDorsey www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

California gave counties power to inspect ICE detention centers. They’re not using it California's seven ICE detention centers have to open their doors to local health departments. So far, county officials aren't making much use of that power.

"In Kern County, where 3 #detention centers operate, the #health officer said in testimony before a federal judge that he has “no intention” of exercising his new authority to inspect the facilities to ensure they comply with state and local health standards". calmatters.org/justice/2025...

Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.

📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social

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Berkeley council’s back-room meetings amid Gaza protests violated transparency law, appeals court says A group sued Berkeley over three City Council meetings that were moved to a private conference room after protesters interrupted them.

California Court of Appeals rules that former mayor Jesse Arreguin and the #Berkeley City Council violated the #BrownAct during discussions of a Gaza ceasefire resolution, reversing the lower court. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/03/b...

US citizen sues after twice being detained by immigration agents US-born Leo Garcia Venegas says ‘I just want to work in peace’ after agents in Alabama said his ID card was fake

"The new lawsuit describes repeated raids on workplaces despite agents having no #warrants nor suspicion that specific workers were in the US illegally, and a string of US citizens – many with Latino-sounding names – who were detained" #ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

After tech snafu, most East Bay police radio channels to go silent soon The switch, which is years in the making, has cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

"The East Bay Regional Communications System Authority spent more than $1.5 million from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024, on an “#encryption update,” according to budget documents for the agency". #PoliceRadios www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...?

Journalist Mario Guevara to be deported from US in unprecedented case  - Committee to Protect Journalists Update: Mario Guevara was deported from the United States on a 4 a.m. flight on October 3, 2025. Washington, D.C., October 2, 2025—In response to news that journalist Mario Guevara will be deported on...

"An Emmy-winning, Spanish-language reporter who covers immigration, Guevara was arrested June 14 after livestreaming a protest. The federal government has argued that his filming of law enforcement activities created a risk to public safety." #reporting cpj.org/2025/10/jour...

Families of Piedmont Cybertruck crash victims sue Tesla over alleged design flaws The lawsuit alleges that a design flaw with the vehicle’s doors led to her death.

“Her death was preventable. She was alive after the crash. She called out for help. And she couldn’t get out" #Tesla #Cybertruck www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/02/f...?

🚨 Breaking: 15 young Americans have filed a historic human rights petition against the U.S. for fueling the climate crisis. They’re calling on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to take urgent action and protect their rights and futures. PR: bit.ly/petitionfiling

A lawsuit tries to block the Trump administration's efforts to merge personal data A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violate privacy laws and the Constitution.

New class action lawsuit filed against the federal government's consolidation of personal information. #PrivacyAct www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

Carr Floats FCC Auction for Licenses Without Public Interest Rules - Radio Ink FCC Chairman Brendan Carr suggested broadcasters might one day bid in an auction to shed public interest obligations.

"The idea that #broadcasters could essentially pay extra to remove themselves to buy their way out of regulatory constraints would be an unprecedented change to a system firmly in place since the landmark Red Lion ruling in 1969" radioink.com/2025/10/01/c...

Ninth Circuit unanimously rejects San Diego’s attempt to reinstate beach yoga ban The order keeps in place an earlier ruling that teaching yoga in public parks is protected speech under the First Amendment.

The yogis have won the pitched beach #yoga battle with the City of San Diego. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/29/n...

Judge dismisses S.F. police union suit targeting policy that limits traffic stops Judge Joseph M. Quinn found "legal defects" in suit attempting to undermine San Francisco's policy limiting minor traffic stops

Judge dismisses police union challenge to San Francisco's ban on pretextual #trafficstops saying the union had failed to come up with a single example of when the policy would have prohibited them from enforcing state laws. missionlocal.org/2025/09/judg...

And finally the boat-sinking #orca whale gang in Portugal are back and they sunk another boat. Passengers were rescued.

Berkeley will look into giving drones to police and firefighters Berkeley’s council once toyed with trying to ban drones entirely. Now some council members want first responders to be able to use them.

3 years after Berkeley secretly borrowed #drones to fly over the Solano Stroll, the City is moving to openly purchase their own drones. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/09/29/b...