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How Venezuela’s communist government is using tech surveillance to cling to power

Protests and unrest have rocked Venezuela following the July 28 election. Incumbent President Nicolas Maduro claims victory by a margin of 51% to 44%, while his opponent, President Edmundo Gonzalez, says his coalition won 66% of the vote. It is notable that President Gonzalez had a 25-point lead in most opinion polls in July. America […]

FTC launches investigation into surveillance pricing tactics of credit card companies

The Federal Trade Commission ordered eight companies to share information about surveillance pricing to study its effects on privacy, competition, and consumer protection.   In a press release, the FTC announced it had issued orders to Mastercard, Revionics, Bloomreach, Chase, Task Software, PROS, Accenture, and McKinsey & Co.   The agency said these eight companies use artificial […]

Why it Is Ethical To Resist the Biosecurity Surveillance State

Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Peter Leithart over at the Theopolis Institute invited me to contribute to this “Conversation,” which begins with a lead article from theologian Doug Farrow, “Whether There is a Moral Obligation to Disobey the Coercive Mandates,” followed by several responses, including mine. With permission, I’m reprinting here my piece, “The Rising […]