“Give us everything and we’ll pick out what we want” isn’t good enough? Imagine that.
https://pogowasright.org/doj-seeks-more-time-on-tower-dumps/
DOJ Seeks More Time on Tower Dumps
Seamus Hughes reports:
After previously receiving a ninety day reprieve, today the Justice Department is asking for another month to decide if they will appeal a Mississippi federal judge’s sweeping ruling that determined so-called “tower dumps” are unconstitutional.
Tower Dumps are a frequently-used law enforcement technique of pulling large swaths of data from cellular towers, which would include location information about innocent individuals within the area of the tower, to find alleged criminal activity.
FBI agents in Mississippi had initially submitted four sealed search warrants for a tower dump’s data as part of an investigation into a string of shootings and car thefts involving an unnamed violent gang. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Harris repeatedly declined to authorize the search warrants, even after the DOJ submitted a follow-up memorandum clarifying their position, and a conference call was held with Judge Harris to address his concerns.
The February order marked the first instance in which a judge ruled against law enforcement’s use of tower dumps, extending the scope of an August ruling in a federal appeals court that found the use of a geofence warrant — in which law enforcement sends a request to Google for the location data of phones at a specific location — was unconstitutional.
Read more at CourtWatch.
Bias is protected by the first amendment?
Elon Musk’s X sues New York to block social media hate speech law
In its complaint, X said the law forces firms to disclose ‘highly sensitive and controversial speech’ that is protected under the US Constitution’s First Amendment.
… Deciding what content is acceptable on social media platforms “engenders considerable debate among reasonable people about where to draw the correct proverbial line”, X said, adding “this is not a role that the government may play”.
The complaint also quoted a letter from two legislators who sponsored the law, which said X and Musk in particular had a “disturbing record” on content moderation “that threatens the foundations of our democracy”.
New York’s law requires social media companies to disclose steps they take to eliminate hate on their platforms, and to report their progress. Civil fines could reach $15,000 per violation per day.
Modern war includes the digital front.
https://cyberscoop.com/iran-bank-sepah-cyberattack/
Iran’s Bank Sepah disrupted by cyberattack claimed by pro-Israel hacktivist group
Bank Sepah’s website is offline following a hacktivist group’s claimed attack on the Iran state-owned bank. The group, known as Predatory Sparrow — or Gonjeshke Darande in Persian — said in a social media post early Tuesday that it “destroyed the data of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Bank Sepah.”
Iran-focused media outlets report Bank Sepah branches are closed, customers are unable to access accounts and payment processing is down. London-based Iran International said Iran’s Fars News Agency confirmed Bank Sepah’s infrastructure was impacted by a cyberattack, resulting in service disruptions.
The attack on one of Iran’s largest financial institutions highlights the growing role of cyber warfare in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, and has had immediate consequences for the country’s critical infrastructure.
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https://thehackernews.com/2025/06/iran-restricts-internet-access-to.html
Iran Slows Internet to Prevent Cyber Attacks Amid Escalating Regional Conflict
Iran has throttled internet access in the country in a purported attempt to hamper Israel's ability to conduct covert cyber operations, days after the latter launched an unprecedented attack on the country, escalating geopolitical tensions in the region.
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