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Libertarian, Green Nominees Weigh In on Surveillance and Privacy

Restore The Fourth interviewed Libertarian Party nominee Jo Jorgensen and Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins on privacy and surveillance topics. We asked the Biden and Trump campaigns to respond, but they had not done so by press time. In lieu of their responses, here’s our summary of Biden’s positions from October 2019, and here’s our […]

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Grading Donald Trump

Grade: F Our predictions about a Trump presidency have been largely, though not entirely, borne out. With respect to surveillance and privacy issues, President Trump’s consistent position has been to express opposition to surveillance when conducted on him, his family, his campaign workers or his political allies; but to support and expand surveillance at the level of policy, […]