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(2017/04/04) Under surveillance from all angles (Privacy Rights)
Edition #1092 Today we look at the ways in which both corporate and governmental institutions are looking to gain more and more access to your private data and communications Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Show Notes Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill Ch. 2: Act 1: Clarifying exactly how much you're getting screwed by internet companies - @HumorlessQueers - Air Date 3-25-17 Ch. 3: Song 1: I'm Confused - Handsome Furs Ch. 4: Act 2: You're getting bought and sold by marketers online - The Benjamin Dixon Show (@TheBpDShow) - Air Date 3-28-17 Ch. 5: Song 2: Corporate America - SuperMonkey Ch. 6: Act 3: The racist application of surveillance laws through history - @theLFshow w @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date 2-15-17 Ch. 7: Song 3: Privacy - Michael Jackson Ch. 8: Act 4: Section 702 Is In the Spotlight - On The Media - Air Date 3-24-17 Ch. 9: Song 4: Private Eyes - Daryl Hall & John Oates Ch. 10: Act 5: FCC Under Trump: Net Neutrality & Internet Freedom Faces New Attack - @DemocracyNow - Air Date: 02-14-17 Ch. 11: Song 5: Feet to the Fire - the hereafter Ch. 12: Act 6: Prepare to #SavetheInternet…AGAIN via @FreePress and @EFF - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 13: Song 6: This Fickle World - Theo Bard Ch. 14: Act 7: Edward Snowden on the Vault 7 leaks - Intercepted (@theintercept) - Air Date 3-15-17 Voicemails Ch. 15: Thoughts on our complicated health care system - Steve from New York Ch. 16: Inclusion needs to include the disabled - Annie from Alabama Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics Ch. 17: Final comments on the need for more solidarity with the disabled Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone Activism: TAKE ACTION Sign up for updates at FreePress.net and EFF.org Follow FreePress on Twitter @FreePress and Facebook; Follow EFF on Twitter @EFF and Facebook Stay up to date on all the latest proposed legislation related to privacy on Countable.us EDUCATE YOURSELF House Republicans Vote to Destroy FCC's Online Privacy Protections (FreePress.net) Net Neutrality Is Trump’s Next Target, Administration Says (The New York Times) They Attacked Privacy. Net Neutrality is Next. (FreePress.net) Letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai from Keith Ellison and 30 other Senators on Preserving Net Neutrality (Ellison.house.gov) The inventor of the Web predicts ‘a massive outcry’ over online privacy (The Washington Post) Should an FCC Rule Imposing Data Privacy Requirements on Internet Service Providers be Repealed? (Countable.us) Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher!