In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection, the FBI told Congress and the American people that the agency had failed to prevent or fully prepare for the worst attack on the U.S. Capitol in more than 200 years in part because it lacked the authority and capabilities to more aggressively monitor social media, where much of the planning for the insurrection took place.
As FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress last summer, the FBI had circulated intelligence materials and other resources before Jan. 6, but the agency had limits in what...
As FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress last summer, the FBI had circulated intelligence materials and other resources before Jan. 6, but the agency had limits in what...
- 4/14/2022
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
Two documentary film organizations, Doc Society and the International Documentary Association, or Ida, are challenging a new rule put in place by the U.S. government that requires visa applicants coming into the country to include all their social media handles in their applications.
Doc Society and Ida filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, saying that the rule violates their rights as well as the rights of their members and related partners.
The rule from the State Department, which took effect in May, requires that visa applicants register all social media handles used across 20 different services that an applicant has used within the last five years, including ones used under pseudonyms. The organizations say in the lawsuit that the rule gives the government the power to retain the collected information indefinitely, share it...
Doc Society and Ida filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, saying that the rule violates their rights as well as the rights of their members and related partners.
The rule from the State Department, which took effect in May, requires that visa applicants register all social media handles used across 20 different services that an applicant has used within the last five years, including ones used under pseudonyms. The organizations say in the lawsuit that the rule gives the government the power to retain the collected information indefinitely, share it...
- 12/5/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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