New Year, New Session, New Mailing List
2024-02-19, 👤 Blank
Happy new Year Privacy Patriots! Last week was incredibly eventful with the start of session in the Minnesota house and with Congress kicking the can on mass surveillance reform (again).
There's a lot to go over, but the primary thing to take away is this: if you care about privacy and ending mass surveillance, one big way you can help is to let us know who your representatives are.
Prepping for 2024
2023-10-31, 👤 Blank
Notes from the recent Minnesota Legislative Commission on Data Practices and some preliminary thoughts on our legislative agenda for the 2024 session.
July Update
2023-07-31, 👤 Blank
July update, mostly about drones.
April Update: Website, Drones, 702
2023-04-28, 👤 Blank
April update discussing website relaunch, drones in saint paul, and section 702
We need a Ban on No-Knock Warrants
2022-02-10, 👤 Blank
Once again, police have killed a Black citizen, Amir Locke, while executing a no-knock warrant. One of the things that makes this story so tragic...
Tell Your Rep: Put an End to-Government Use of Face Surveillance
2021-07-16, 👤 Chris
We need a federal moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology. Even if it did work as advertised...
This July 4th Fight for Fourth Amendment rights
2021-07-02, 👤 Blank
In the wake of the Snowden revelations eight years ago, on July 4, 2013, Restore the Fourth held its first rallies. In a hundred cities
Target supporters of the Tor Project? Not on our watch
2021-06-15, 👤 Blank
Restore the Fourth Minnesota has joined with 21 other organizations to to tell PayPal and its subsidiary Venmo to shape up its policies on account
Hennepin County Needs Stricter Drone Policies
2021-06-10, 👤 Blank
On June 15th at 10AM, Hennepin County will be holding a hearing on their updated Drone Polices. As they are currently written, these Drone Policies...
Additional MN Fusion Center Funding is dead, for now
2021-04-16, 👤 Blank
It has been a tumultuous week. The killing of Daunte Wright has sparked more backlash against law enforcement. As protesters take to the streets, it...
Victory in Minneapolis
2021-02-19, 👤 Chris
Last week the Minneapolis City Council voted to ban the City’s use of facial recognition technology — a huge victory for privacy and the Fourth Amendment.
Our Shared Responsibility: We Need Public Oversight of Surveillance Tech
2020-10-22, 👤 Austin
There’s been an interesting debate brewing at the University of Miami: did campus police use facial recognition to identify students who protested the university’s reopening...
Footage from State Patrol Spyplane
2020-07-30, 👤 mplsam
For further information about this Cirrus spyplane which is frequently seen circling protests in the Twin Cities.
Right to be Secure Ep.1
2020-07-22, 👤 mplsam
Tune in and follow our efforts to reign in the surveillance state through lobbying, activism, investigative journalism and more. The three hosts have been lobbying...
Military Equipment
2020-07-06, 👤 mplsam
Domestic militarization is not a new phenomenon but public awareness of the problem hasn’t always been great. Thanks to Open Twin Cities we can take...
End Spying in Minneapolis
2020-07-03, 👤 mplsam
POSTME – PUBLIC OVERSIGHT OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT Welcome to the home of Restore the Fourth Minnesota (RT4MN). The United States has long...