the stories the mainstream news slept through.
Charter Seeks FCC Permission to Impose Data Caps and Charge Fees to Video Services
Charter wants TWC merger conditions to expire in May 2021, two years early.
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‘BlueLeaks’: Massive 269 Gigabyte Searchable Archive of Highly Sensitive Files From Over 200 Police Departments and Fusion Centers Leaked Online
On Juneteenth, transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) published the “BlueLeaks” 269GB megatrove collection containing decades of highly sensitive police files, including internal memos, financial records, emails, audio, video, and intelligence documents from over 200 state, local, and federal agencies.
Exclusive Images From Inside British Court Expose Assange’s Undemocratic Treatment, Physical Deterioration
Photographs surreptitiously taken inside a British courtroom and provided to The Grayzone show to visibly disoriented Julian Assange, confined to a glass cage and unable to communicate with his lawyers.
ATLAS Telescope Discovers First-Of-Its-Kind Asteroid
An extraordinary asteroid with comet-like features has researchers puzzled.
Just Turning Your Phone On Qualifies As Searching It, Court Rules
Location data requires a warrant since 2018; lock screen may now, too.
US Senate Quietly Approves $38 Billion for Israel in Foreign Aid While Denying Financial Relief to Struggling Americans Amid Historic Economic Downturn
S.3176 was passed without being named, debated, or even discussed, even though it would set into law the largest such aid package in US history.
Congress Has No Idea How Much Web Browsing Data the FBI Collects
The Patriot Act is about to be reauthorized, but we still don’t know basic facts about how our web browsing habits are being collected.
Bees using secret trick to make plants flower, leaving scientists baffled
Bees biting plants, making them flower up to a month earlier than they usually would, could be a result of global warming.
The COVID-19 Chronicles: China
With the US spiraling downward, a downward trajectory merely steepened by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak, we’d expect other nations to suffer likewise.
‘The American friends’: New court files expose Sheldon Adelson’s security team in US spy operation against Julian Assange
An exclusive investigation by The Grayzone reveals new details on the critical role Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands played in an apparent CIA spying operation targeting Julian Assange, and exposes the Sands security staff who helped coordinate the malicious campaign.
‘Iranian Fuel en Route to Sanctions-Hit Venezuela; US Threatens Response’
Reports of a shipment of Iranian fuel to Venezuela in the face of US sanctions against the two allies have infuriated the United States, with one official threatening to take “measures” against the “unwelcome” development.
Mystery Data Breach Dubbed ‘db8151dd’ Exposes Records of 22 Million People
A massive data breach dubbed db8151dd has exposed the records of 22M people – including addresses, phone numbers, and social media links. But the source of the data is a mystery.
California Police Used Military Surveillance Tech at Grad Student Strike
UC Santa Cruz police utilized military surveillance equipment to surveil and police the graduate student ‘wildcat’ strike earlier this year.
‘Long Overdue’ Antitrust Cases Brewing Against Google at State and Federal Levels
Anti-monopoly groups are celebrating news that the Justice Department and state attorneys general are investigating online behemoth Google for possible antitrust cases.
‘Once Upon A Virus’: Chinese State Media Mocks U.S. Coronavirus Response in Lego-Like Animation (VIDEO)
China’s state media outlet Xinhua has published a short animation titled ‘Once Upon a Virus’ mocking the US response to the COVID-19 crisis using Lego-like figures to represent the two countries.