IRS Uses Google Maps to Spy on Taxpayers

Agents from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are using Google Maps as part of their tool kit to audit taxpayers and organizations

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Internet Giants Demand Surveillance Reform

AOL, Twitter, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Apple and LinkedIn to call for reforms to restore the public’s trust in the internet

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The Snowden Effect

Results of a Harris Poll released this morning show four out of five people have changed the privacy settings of their social media accounts, and most have made changes in the last six months

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NSA Overwhelmed with FOIA Requests

Fueled by the Edward Snowden scandal, more Americans than ever are asking the NSA if their personal life is being spied on

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Americans’ Personal Data Shared with CIA, IRS

U.S. agencies collected and shared the personal information of thousands of Americans in an attempt to root out untrustworthy federal workers that ended up scrutinizing people who had no direct ties to the U.S. government

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129 Million Will Lose Health Plan Under Obamacare

If Obamacare is fully implemented, 68 percent of Americans with private health insurance will not be able to keep their plan, according to health care economist Christopher Conover

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Land of the Illiterate

It’s long been known that America’s school kids haven’t measured well compared with international peers. Now, there’s a new twist: Adults don’t either

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Americans Turn on Washington

As the U.S. heads toward a potential government shutdown or default, the public is more alienated from Washington than at any time since the aftermath of the 2011 downgrade of the nation’s credit rating

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Americans Don’t Trust Their Government

Six in 10 Americans (60%) believe the federal government has too much power, one percentage point above the previous high recorded in September 2010

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Ordinary Americans Targeted in Spying Programs

Civil liberties groups released newly obtained documents Thursday that they say show innocent Americans being swept into a broad nationwide counterterrorism program

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