Facebook = Spybook? Russia Today hosted a dialogue about Facebook and whether the ten-year-old social network can be a weapon of social change, or if it’s more effective for governments to spy on their own people. From the video: How has Facebook redefined what we call “community”? What role social media played in Arab Spring uprisings?…
Fighting Big Government One App At A Time SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A new mobile application has been released that helps people automatically fight their parking tickets. Named “Fixed,” the app simplifies the process of appealing a ticket by cutting out most of the work that needs to be done and gives average citizens a…
NEW YORK, NY – Fox News Sr. Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano appeared on Fox & Friends to discuss the recent case of federal judge Richard Leon who overturned key provisions of the NSA’s domestic spy program. Judge Napolitano reported that the NSA either couldn’t or wouldn’t prove that they have stopped any acts of…
NSA whistleblower and archnemesis of the domestic spymasters Edward Snowden had a good day in court yesterday, and he didn’t even have to appear. Director of the ACLU’s Privacy and Technology department Ben Wizener appeared on CNN to say “this is a good day for Edward Snowden.” Wizener believes that yesterdays court ruling from a…
Regular readers of The Libertarian Republic are aware of the mission of our site, to inform and educate people about the news from a perspective of economic freedom and personal liberty. But that mission took one big dramatic step backward this month when Facebook updated its algorithm in order to restrict the amount of “organic…
Can a video game teach people to reject capitalism in favor of more progressive (aka “socialist”) values? That’s a question posed by a recent article from a writer from The Guardian. The article proposes a game devoid of any capitalism, eschewing a selfish ‘slash-and-grab economy’ found in typical games for something the author…
The National Air and Space Administration has unveiled a humanoid robot with a glowing NASA logo on its chest. The “Valkyrie” is a 6 foot 2 inch tall robot that bears a striking resemblance to Marvel’s Iron Man. But you won’t see this robot saving the world from evil terrorists, no, even better. The Valkyrie…
WOODBRIDGE, VA – Virginia State Police unveiled a new mobile application aimed at helping citizens inform police when someone might be involved in suspicious activity. What do they want people to report? “Suspicious photography, vehicles or people in places that just look ‘out of place,’” explained Maj. Rick Jenkins. The VSP want people to be their…
DEER TRAIL, CO – A warning to Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos: Don’t fly your drones over Phillip Steel‘s yard in Deer Trail, Colorado. He says he’ll grab his shotgun and, “I would shoot it down, ordinance or no, I would shoot it down.” Deer Trail is considering an ordinance next week that will allow drone hunting, at…
DALLAS, November 27th, 2013 – According to a top-secret NSA document, the agency gathered records tracking the online sexual activity and pornography-viewing proclivities of “radicals” that may be influencing others through controversial speech. The document, dated October 3rd, 2012, reveals the NSA monitored the risqué viewing habits of 6 individuals from the United Kingdom, Germany,…