smoodle’s Comments

• Feb 25th, 2015 @ 8:30am

  Lots of states considering related legislation

  on Virginia Lawmakers Attempting To Reform State's Asset Forfeiture Debacle By Pushing For A Conviction Requirement
  There's a similar bill in Colorado right now, and several "Good Samaritan" bills suggesting amnesty from forfeiture when someone calls as part of a medical emergency.
  
  Here's a full list:
  http://www.billtrack50.com/Public/Stakeholder/o8S18XFe0kuUIy0o5uoRVg
• Dec 24th, 2014 @ 6:12am

  State legislation around police body cams

  on Oakland PD Body Cams Help Cut Police-Involved Shootings From 8 A Year To Zero In The Last 18 Months.
  I looked up what states have introduced legislation recently. The idea seems to be gaining significant momentum!
  
  Full list here:
  http://www.billtrack50.com/Public/Stakeholder/NPpB6BDfC0KWq8LH8ps32g
• Jun 19th, 2014 @ 7:27am

  Bills around the country

  on More Than Half Of The House Co-Sponsoring Email Privacy Reform; So Why Isn't It Moving?
  Along with the federal bill(s), there's actually some interesting bills at the state level about the ECPA too. Here's a current list:
  http://www.billtrack50.com/PublicStakeholder/MzEit0SIM0aE2UHltmsfdA
• Apr 3rd, 2014 @ 8:07am

  State Legislation

  on Federal Revenge Porn Bill Will Look To Criminalize Websites
  There are a *bunch* of bills at the state level trying to address this topic this year. Some try to be appropriately narrow to get by first amendment concerns, some are a mess. Here's the whole list:
  
  http://www.billtrack50.com/PublicStakeholder/u2CMmTU3dUm0MTyIp_wAqw
• Feb 27th, 2014 @ 1:28pm

  Bills bills bills

  on Google's Fight Against Distracted Driving Laws Might Not Be A Bad Thing For The Inevitable, Glorious Transhumanist Future
  Lots of states have introduced legislation on distracted driving this year. I collected all the bills up here:
  
  http://billtrack50.com/PublicStakeholder/x_sSEFP1kUWu1KknQ7VSWA
  
  (New bills will be added to this list as they are introduced)
• Jan 30th, 2014 @ 8:04am

  Other Fourth Amendment Legislation

  on More States Looking To Neutralize The NSA Through Local Legislation
  Inspired by this post I went and looked at what all the states are doing. Turns out there's quite a number of bills referring to the fourth amendment already introduced this year, covering quite a bit of ground.
  
  A complete list is here: http://www.billtrack50.com/PublicStakeholder/khYMwUMdAEOpDEjYlo3AUg
• Jul 2nd, 2012 @ 6:48am

  Re: Re: (as Smoodle)

  on Announcing The Declaration Of Internet Freedom
  According to the PDF keynote last month,
  
  Senator Ron Wyden
  and
  Congressman Darrell Issa
  
  They seemed quite sincere to me.
• Dec 9th, 2011 @ 4:57am

  Response to: MRK on Dec 8th, 2011 @ 8:54am (as Smoodle)

  on Breaking News: Feds Falsely Censor Popular Blog For Over A Year, Deny All Due Process, Hide All Details...
  I've gotten that form letter too. But I'm still going to pass this along to my representative.