Archive: Privacy

What’s Really Behind the Efforts to Enact So-Called “Comprehensive Privacy” Laws?
Rather than protecting consumers, these data governance laws place significant barriers for entrepreneurs looking to launch new services and products.
Jonathon Hauenschild | April 11, 2019
Straight Talk on Privacy and Legal Harm
Individuals may not like that platforms have figured out how to monetize data, but that lack of “liking” is far from a legal injury.
Jonathon Hauenschild | January 24, 2019
True or False: How Much Does the NSA Really Spy on You?
Despite the supposed limits imposed by the 2015 USA Freedom Act, in 2017, the NSA acquired data from over 534 million calls & texts. Take our quiz to learn how.
January 11, 2019
The Many Facets of Privacy
How to Think About Privacy in Today’s Data-Driven World
Jonathon Hauenschild | December 5, 2018
Is Gov Paranoid?
Spying for Your Protection
Ben Wilterdink | October 23, 2018
LISTEN: Overpolicing and Rights
Do We Have Enough Policing in the United States?
October 16, 2018
Not Your Parents’ Cops
Are Neighborhood Police Officers Being Replaced?
Ben Wilterdink | October 8, 2018
Welcome to Catalyst!
The internet can be a noisy place. Sometimes just logging into social media feels like stepping onto a battlefield, except nobody knows who’s on which team and what the teams even mean anymore.
LISTEN: The Surveillance State
Lessons From Edward Snowden Case and the NSA
September 30, 2018
Guard Your Liberty
Are you willing to give up your liberty for safety?
Abigail R. Hall | September 24, 2018
How Much Do You Know About Love Gov: From First Date to Mandate?
Love Gov: From First Date to Mandate tells the story of Alexis and Gov, who is “just here to help.”
September 22, 2018