1. Violations of the Querying Standard

NSD has reported a number of compliance incidents that were oversight reviews at FBI field offices, which suggest that the FBI’s failure to properly apply its querying standard when searching Section 702-acquired information was more pervasive than was previously believed. For example, between April 11, 2019, and July 8, 2019, a technical information specialist in the [REDACTED] who was conducting “limited background investigations” conducted approximately 124 queries of section 702-acquired information using the names and other identifiers of: 1) individuals who had requested to participate in FBI’s “Citizens Academy” — a program for business, religious, civic, and community leaders designed to foster greater understanding of the role of th federal law enforcement in the community; 2) individuals who needed to enter the filed office in order to perform a particular service, such as a repair; and 3) individuals who entered the field office seeking to provide a tip or to report that they were victims of a crime. Page 39, FISA Court Opinion, 10-19-2020

“You have this growing cartel between big government, big media, and big tech” that is “punishing any individual that disagrees,” says Rachel Bovard, Senior Director of Policy at the Conservative Partnership Institute.

Criticisms of mask mandates and lockdowns are being suppressed, including Governor Ron DeSantis’ roundtable with leading doctors and public policy experts.

How does self-government survive in an era of, as Bovard describes it, “massive, concentrated corporate control” over speech? This segment is part of American Thought Leaders, an in depth, open discussions series on important issues that affect our society.

An 18-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder after he allegedly shot and killed two teens over a social media argument, according to authorities.

Zachary Burkard allegedly shot and killed two unidentified teens on Sunday in Springfield, Virginia, Fairfax County police said in a statement. Officers responded to the scene around 3:18 p.m. and found one victim inside a garage with gunshot wounds to the upper body, police said. They attempted life-saving measures but the teen was declared dead by responding authorities.

A second teen was found in front of a nearby home with gunshot wounds to the upper body as well. Police said that the teen was taken to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.

The department appears to be the third police force to be targeted in a ransomware attack in six weeks, and the 26th government agency hit this year.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavor spacecraft had a close call with an unidentified object before successfully reaching the International Space Station, a report said.

US Space Command warned the crew aboard the spacecraft of a possible collision with an unknown object after launching into orbit on Friday, Futurism reported.

“The possibility of the conjunction came so close to the closest approach time that there wasn’t time to compute and execute a debris avoidance maneuver with confidence, so the SpaceX team elected to have the crew don their pressure suits out of an abundance of caution,” NASA spokesperson Kelly Humphries told Futurism.

In an exclusive interview with “Hannity,” former President Donald J. Trump said that social media and Big Tech firms like Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Google should face the scrutiny of antitrust investigatory bodies, given their monopolistic actions toward American political discourse. The Palm Beach, Fla., resident added that a video released by investigative journalist James O’Keefe proves that CNN committed “campaign…

CEO Chris Pavlovski says the Canadian-based online video platform is experiencing strong growth because uses are “fed up” with larger platform.

“That exodus has been happening in the last year at a pace that I think will set in stone for the long term,” Pavlovski told Fox Business on Tuesday. “Small creators are fed up with the larger platforms and are looking for an alternative solution. And I think they found it in Rumble.”

Pavlovski said Rumble, which has branded itself as an alternative to video-sharing behemoth YouTube, had about 1.6 million monthly users at about the time of 2020 election and reached 31.9 million by the end of the 2021’s first quarter.

NASA and Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company SpaceX launched a new four-astronaut team on a flight to the International Space Station on Friday. . .

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Ramos-Artigas allegedly requested and exchanged lewd videos showing children ranging in age from 4 to 13, authorities said.

“The investigation revealed that Mr. Ramos-Artigas utilized the social media platform Facebook to engage in a chat wherein he requested, received and sent videos of child pornography,” Valdes said.

The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans’ social media posts, including those about planned protests, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News.

The details of the surveillance effort, known as iCOP, or Internet Covert Operations Program, have not previously been made public. The work involves having analysts trawl through social media sites to look for what the document describes as “inflammatory” postings and then sharing that information across government agencies.