civil liberties
Musk, Vivek face target-rich environment for vile federal regs and waste
Elon Musk promises that his new Department of Government Efficiency can reveal how to cut federal spending by $2 trillion per year. Musk and his DOGE partner Vivek Ramaswamy are...
TikTok vows legal fight after Biden signs 'unconstitutional' ban: 'We aren't going anywhere'
TikTok vowed to wage legal battle after President Biden signed a measure that forces ByteDance to sell the app -- or face shutting down in the US.
The feds are buying mountains of your personal data and one day could use it against you
Federal agencies are secretly accumulating mountains of data that could be used for “blackmail, stalking, harassment and public shaming” of American citizens.
A TikTok ban doesn't limit speech —it frees it from China's poison
Libertarian Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is derailing a bipartisan effort to ban TikTok.
Dems vs. civil liberties, end the mandate madness and other commentary
“Civil liberties have officially gone out of style” with Democrats, fumes Racket News’ Matt Taibbi after testifying at last week’s Weaponization of Government hearing.
‘Shady’ DHS officials running secret domestic-intelligence program: report
An unnamed employee quoted in internal DHS documents called the Office of Intelligence and Analysis’ leadership team “shady” and run “like a corrupt government.”
Antifa should be labeled what it is — a hate group
Americans see the burning cop cars and Antifa soldiers on their television and wonder what the consequences are. This is extremist political violence, pure and simple. Treat it as such.
Paypal as Big Brother, not out of woods on inflation and other commentary
PayPal is “becoming a police officer;” work and the meaning of life; inflation isn't going away; voters are fleeing both parties; and China’s lies go far beyond COVID.
The ACLU's latest step to becoming just another progressive scold — at civil liberties' expense
Under Biden's new policy, borrowers earning up to $125,000 a year will be eligible for $10,000 in debt relief.
Americans feel less free, don’t trust leaders post-COVID pandemic: poll
A new poll released exclusively to The Post reveals that Americans feel their core freedoms are less secure than before the pandemic.
Former ACLU leader slams organization's 'progressive' new agenda
The former head of the American Civil Liberties Union has ripped the group for no longer defending all free speech -- claiming it now cherry-picks cases that fit a new...
One woman’s six-year ordeal shows we must reform civil forfeiture laws
After police in Berkshire County, Mass., took her car, Malinda Harris did not get a chance to contest the seizure for five and a half years.
More than a dozen businesses fined for flouting NYC's vaccine mandate
So far, just 14 businesses -- out of 27,500 inspected -- have been hit with fines by the city for disobeying new vaccination rules.
Robotic police dogs: Useful hounds or dehumanizing machines?
Privacy watchdogs warn that police are secretly rushing to buy the robots without setting safeguards against aggressive, invasive or dehumanizing uses.
Facial recognition company sued by California activists
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Civil liberties activists are suing a company that provides facial recognition services to law enforcement agencies and private companies around the world, contending that Clearview AI illegally...
The push to decriminalize ‘streetwalking’ follows a deadly run of NYC ‘reforms’
Think Bill de Blasio’s dumpster fire of a mayoralty can’t get worse? Think again: Albany is planning to send him more street hookers. Whoopee. State Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan...
Amy Coney Barrett has a fine record on civil liberties
Democrats worry that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, an originalist and textualist who clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia in the late 1990s, will emulate him if confirmed by the...
Thailand approves bills that would legalize same-sex partnerships
BANGKOK — Thailand’s Cabinet has approved two draft bills that would give same-sex unions legal status similar to that of heterosexual marriages. The draft Civil Partnership Act and amendments of...
Boston bans police from using facial recognition tech
Boston has banned police from using facial recognition technology, becoming the second-largest US community to do so. The city council unanimously voted on Wednesday to ban the controversial technology's use...
Chinese lawmakers endorse new Hong Kong national security law
China's parliament has passed sweeping national security legislation for Hong Kong, a measure that sparked pro-democracy protests in the city and prompted the Trump administration to renew threats of imposing...