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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

COVID-19 Tested Our Commitment to Freedom. Three Years Later, We’re Still Failing 

The Global Deep State: A Fascist World Order Funded by the American Taxpayer 

2024 Is the New 1984: Big Brother and the Rise of the Security Industrial Complex 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Challenges Government Efforts to Censor Speech and Pressure Tech Companies to Block, Ban, De-Platform and Restrict Users 

Supreme Court Gives Government the Green Light to Obstruct Citizens From Voting at Polling Places Based on the Content of Speech on Clothing 

Rutherford Institute Calls on Supreme Court to Uphold Laws Prohibiting Censorship by Tech Companies & Protecting Free Speech on Social Media 

Rutherford Institute Denounces Rise in Government’s Cancel Culture Efforts to Censor, Ostracize & Shun Politically Unpopular Viewpoints 

LEGAL FEATURES

Constitutional Q&A: American Community Survey 

Special Report: The Right to Be Let Alone: How to Safeguard Your Freedoms in the Face of the Government’s COVID-19 Power Grabs 

The Case Against Technofascism: When Big Tech Companies Censor Speech
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IN THE COURTS

Judge Weighs Second Attempt by Social Media Companies to Avoid Claims Their Apps Hook Kids 

San Francisco ‘Sweep’ Suit on Hold as Supreme Court Considers Homeless People’s Rights 

Supreme Court Review of Red State Social Media Laws Carries Big Changes for Online Platforms 

Judge Confirms $5 Million Award to Lindell’s ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ Contest Winner 

Texas School Legally Punished Black Student Over Hairstyle, Judge Says 

How the Reversal of Roe v. Wade Led to the Alabama Supreme Court Ruling That Frozen Embryos Are Children 

Biden Administration Sued Over Surveillance Records Amid FISA Debate

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

Freedom Under Fire is a free weekly podcast available on SoundCloud and iTunes.

2024 Is the New 1984: Big Brother and the Rise of the Security Industrial Complex 

Who Pays the Price for Botched SWAT Team Raids? We Do 

The White House's Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws 

Podcast Archive

VODCAST, RECENT INTERVIEWS

The Rise of the Security Industrial Complex: One America News 

Are You Being Watched? (Whitehead Interview with Good Morning, CHD)

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

New US Background Database Unlikely to Stop Police Misconduct, Critics Warn

BEHIND BARS

12 Years After Degrading Mass Strip Search, Women in Prison Won $1.4M Settlement
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SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech 

A Virtual Reality Tour of Surveillance Tech at the Border 

The SEC’s Market Surveillance System Implicates the Fourth and Fifth Amendment Rights of Investors 

Keyword Search Warrants and the Fourth Amendment 

Can New Legislation Protect Us From the Companies Building Tech to Read Our Minds?

ASSET FORFEITURE

Kansas Police Seize Millions in Assets Annually 

What Happens to Confiscated Money After It’s Been Seized by Police?

TECHNOLOGY

Google Suspends Gemini AI Chatbot’s Ability to Generate Pictures of People 

Scientists Recreate Fingerprints From the Sound of Swiping on a Touchscreen 

New Compact Facial-Recognition System Passes Test on Michelangelo’s David

POLITICS

Oaths and Pledges Have Been Routine for Political Officials. That’s Changing in a Polarized America 

Utah House Passes Bill to Prohibit Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases

FURTHER READING 

Is the U.S. a Christian Nation? Here’s What the Constitution Says

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