activistpost--2020-10-16--Zoom Migration Threatens Towns with Being “Loved to Death” … and Central Planning

Activist Post Editor ’ s Note : The following article from the University of Utah “ The rise of ‘ zoom towns ’ in the rural west ” raises some legitimate concerns for any area that becomes a desirable destination for any reason .
However , the emphasis on the need to scramble for centrally planned solutions should always raise concerns that a California-type modeling system could be imposed , likely with similar disastrous long-term results .
Growing populations in gateway communities cause urgent planning challenges ; the GNAR initiative aims to help local officials prepare .
When COVID-19 hit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ski areas such as Park City , Utah , and Sun Valley , Idaho , experienced some of the highest per capita cases ; people from around the world had brought the virus along with their skis .
As the coronavirus spread , gateway communities–communities near scenic public lands , national parks , and other outdoor recreational amenities–felt acute economic pressure as the virus forced them to shut down tourist activities .
Now , many gateway communities are facing an entirely new problem : a flood of remote workers fleeing big cities to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Like oil discovery led to western boomtowns , the pandemic has led to the rise of “ Zoom Towns ” –and with this so-called amenity migration comes a variety of challenges .
“ This trend was already happening , but amenity migration into these communities has been expedited and it can have destructive consequences if not planned for and managed .
Many of these places are , as some people say , at risk of being loved to death , ” said Danya Rumore , director of the Environmental Dispute Resolution Program @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of City & Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah .
Rumore , who is from the gateway community of Sandpoint , Idaho , leads a team of researchers at University of Utah and University of Arizona who study planning and development challenges in western gateway communities .
In a new paper in the Journal of the American Planning Association , the team published the results of a 2018 study involving a survey with public officials in more than 1200 western gateway communities and in-depth interviews with officials from 25 communities .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a developed gateway community said , “ We don ’ t have the staff capacity to deal with major crises.
” “ Our research shows that as small , rural gateway communities grow , they tend to experience a suite of big city problems , like housing affordability and transportation issues , ” Rumore said .
“ In 2018 these public officials expressed a sense of already being behind the curve , and in need of additional capacity and resources to plan and adapt to rapid growth.
” In an effort to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them plan for and respond to COVID-19 and planning pressures , Rumore and others have launched the Gateway and Natural Amenity Region ( GNAR ) Initiative based at Utah State University in the Institute of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism .
The GNAR Initiative will begin hosting a webinar series on amenity migration beginning Oct. 15 .
As part of the study , officials were asked specific questions about their communities ’ planning challenges and opportunities .
Housing and cost of living were key concerns for many gateway communities ; 80 % of respondents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extremely problematic for their community .
Respondents also cited traffic congestion and other transportation issues as problems .
These issues appear to be more strongly associated with population growth than with tourism and will likely get worse as COVID-19 drives rapid migration to these places .
The influx of remote workers could present economic development opportunities for gateway communities , Rumore said , but could also drive up housing prices and cost of living .
Half of the survey respondents said that the average wage relative to cost-of-living was moderately or extremely problematic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to this new wave of amenity migration .
“ If you ’ ve been living there and growing up in this community and you don ’ t have a job that ’ s paying the salary of someone who ’ s in , for example , downtown Seattle , you ’ re going to be excluded from this community and your ability to invest in land and property if you haven ’ t already , ” said Philip Stoker , assistant professor at the University of Arizona and co-author of the study .
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For Zacharia Levine , doctoral student at the U and co-author of the paper , the topic is personal .
For 6 years he served as the community and economic community director for Grand County , Utah , which encompasses the gateway city of Moab , the Colorado River , and two national parks–Arches and Canyonlands .
Over the last ten years , Moab visitation has grown to more than 3 million people per year .
The locals felt it .
“ The primary challenges residents reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ availability , environmental degradation , and a general decline in quality of life .
Much of Moab ’ s infrastructure was built when the town became a uranium boomtown ; it was never designed to accommodate the world .
Just in the last few years , we ’ ve had to build new water storage facilities , sewer treatment facilities , roads , and other public infrastructure , ” said Levine .
“ Further , our local governments have struggled to increase their human resource capacities to plan for the future , let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Levine began working with Rumore in hopes of finding guidance to address these immense challenges , but the academic planning literature lacked resources that focused on planning for these unique rural communities .
The problem was hardly unique to Moab–some places such as Jackson , Wyoming , and Breckenridge , Colorado , have been experiencing amenity migration and related growth and development pressures for decades .
Other gateway communities , such as Torrey , Utah that never thought it would happen to them , are just starting to feel the pressure .
Like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flood of remote workers would catch many gateway communities , particularly those that are less developed , off guard .
“ Many places have experienced this common trajectory .
How does a gateway community navigate tourism , and growth writ-large , more gracefully ?
” Levine asked .
“ COVID-19 really blew the lid off that challenge.
” The GNAR Initiative is an affiliation of university faculty , government and state agencies , non-profit organizations and community leaders that supports research , educational efforts , and capacity building to help public lands managers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ online toolkit for gateway communities , hosts educational events and community peer-to-peer learning forums , and supports cross-university research initiatives .
As part of its efforts to raise awareness about the likelihood of amenity migration to gateway communities and to share tools and resources , the GNAR Initiative will begin hosting a webinar series on amenity migration beginning Oct. 15 .
“ The main takeaway from our study and work with gateway communities is that these towns and cities need to plan ahead to manage change and the things that come with it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goal of the GNAR Initiative is to help these places thrive and preserve the things that make them so special.
” The study was funded by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities .
Lindsey Romaniello of University of Arizona also co-authored the study .
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Activist Post Editor’s Note: The following article from the University of Utah “The rise of ‘zoom towns’ in the rural west” raises some legitimate concerns for any area that becomes a desirable destination for any reason. However, the emphasis on the need to scramble for centrally planned solutions should always raise concerns that a California-type modeling system could be imposed, likely with similar disastrous long-term results.
Growing populations in gateway communities cause urgent planning challenges; the GNAR initiative aims to help local officials prepare.
When COVID-19 hit the United States, small towns near ski areas such as Park City, Utah, and Sun Valley, Idaho, experienced some of the highest per capita cases; people from around the world had brought the virus along with their skis. As the coronavirus spread, gateway communities–communities near scenic public lands, national parks, and other outdoor recreational amenities–felt acute economic pressure as the virus forced them to shut down tourist activities.
Now, many gateway communities are facing an entirely new problem: a flood of remote workers fleeing big cities to ride out the pandemic, perhaps permanently. Like oil discovery led to western boomtowns, the pandemic has led to the rise of “Zoom Towns”–and with this so-called amenity migration comes a variety of challenges.
“This trend was already happening, but amenity migration into these communities has been expedited and it can have destructive consequences if not planned for and managed. Many of these places are, as some people say, at risk of being loved to death,” said Danya Rumore, director of the Environmental Dispute Resolution Program and research assistant professor in the Department of City & Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah.
Rumore, who is from the gateway community of Sandpoint, Idaho, leads a team of researchers at University of Utah and University of Arizona who study planning and development challenges in western gateway communities. In a new paper in the Journal of the American Planning Association, the team published the results of a 2018 study involving a survey with public officials in more than 1200 western gateway communities and in-depth interviews with officials from 25 communities. In an eerie foreshadowing, a town manager from a developed gateway community said, “We don’t have the staff capacity to deal with major crises.”
“Our research shows that as small, rural gateway communities grow, they tend to experience a suite of big city problems, like housing affordability and transportation issues,” Rumore said. “In 2018 these public officials expressed a sense of already being behind the curve, and in need of additional capacity and resources to plan and adapt to rapid growth.”
In an effort to help gateway communities and the regions around them plan for and respond to COVID-19 and planning pressures, Rumore and others have launched the Gateway and Natural Amenity Region (GNAR) Initiative based at Utah State University in the Institute of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. The GNAR Initiative will begin hosting a webinar series on amenity migration beginning Oct. 15.
Loved to death
As part of the study, officials were asked specific questions about their communities’ planning challenges and opportunities. Housing and cost of living were key concerns for many gateway communities; 80% of respondents reported that housing affordability was moderately or extremely problematic for their community. Respondents also cited traffic congestion and other transportation issues as problems. These issues appear to be more strongly associated with population growth than with tourism and will likely get worse as COVID-19 drives rapid migration to these places.
The influx of remote workers could present economic development opportunities for gateway communities, Rumore said, but could also drive up housing prices and cost of living. Half of the survey respondents said that the average wage relative to cost-of-living was moderately or extremely problematic for their community in 2018, prior to this new wave of amenity migration.
“If you’ve been living there and growing up in this community and you don’t have a job that’s paying the salary of someone who’s in, for example, downtown Seattle, you’re going to be excluded from this community and your ability to invest in land and property if you haven’t already,” said Philip Stoker, assistant professor at the University of Arizona and co-author of the study.
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For Zacharia Levine, doctoral student at the U and co-author of the paper, the topic is personal. For 6 years he served as the community and economic community director for Grand County, Utah, which encompasses the gateway city of Moab, the Colorado River, and two national parks–Arches and Canyonlands. Over the last ten years, Moab visitation has grown to more than 3 million people per year. The locals felt it.
“The primary challenges residents reported included downtown congestion, housing affordability and availability, environmental degradation, and a general decline in quality of life. Much of Moab’s infrastructure was built when the town became a uranium boomtown; it was never designed to accommodate the world. Just in the last few years, we’ve had to build new water storage facilities, sewer treatment facilities, roads, and other public infrastructure,” said Levine. “Further, our local governments have struggled to increase their human resource capacities to plan for the future, let alone to deal with current issues.”
Levine began working with Rumore in hopes of finding guidance to address these immense challenges, but the academic planning literature lacked resources that focused on planning for these unique rural communities. The problem was hardly unique to Moab–some places such as Jackson, Wyoming, and Breckenridge, Colorado, have been experiencing amenity migration and related growth and development pressures for decades. Other gateway communities, such as Torrey, Utah that never thought it would happen to them, are just starting to feel the pressure. Like Rumore, Levine is worried that the flood of remote workers would catch many gateway communities, particularly those that are less developed, off guard.
“Many places have experienced this common trajectory. How does a gateway community navigate tourism, and growth writ-large, more gracefully?” Levine asked. “COVID-19 really blew the lid off that challenge.”
The GNAR Initiative
The GNAR Initiative is an affiliation of university faculty, government and state agencies, non-profit organizations and community leaders that supports research, educational efforts, and capacity building to help public lands managers and others. The initiative provides an online toolkit for gateway communities, hosts educational events and community peer-to-peer learning forums, and supports cross-university research initiatives.
As part of its efforts to raise awareness about the likelihood of amenity migration to gateway communities and to share tools and resources, the GNAR Initiative will begin hosting a webinar series on amenity migration beginning Oct. 15.
“The main takeaway from our study and work with gateway communities is that these towns and cities need to plan ahead to manage change and the things that come with it,” Rumore said. “The goal of the GNAR Initiative is to help these places thrive and preserve the things that make them so special.”
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The study was funded by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities. Lindsey Romaniello of University of Arizona also co-authored the study.
Useful links:
–The study: https:/ / www. tandfonline. com/ doi/ full/ 10. 1080/ 01944363. 2020. 1791728
–The GNAR Initiative: https:/ / www. usu. edu/ gnar/
–Amenity Migration webinar series: https:/ / www. usu. edu/ gnar/ amenitymigrationseries
Source: University of Utah
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Top image: Brian Whitehead/National Park Service
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activistpost--2020-10-16--Latin American Governments Must Commit to Surveillance Transparency

This post is the second in a series about our new State of Communications Privacy Laws report , a set of questions and answers about privacy and data protection in eight Latin American countries and Spain .
The series ’ first post was “ A Look-Back and Ahead on Data Protection in Latin America and Spain.
” The reports cover Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Mexico , Paraguay , Panama , Peru , and Spain .
Although the full extent of government surveillance technology in Latin America remains mostly unknown , media reports have revealed multiple scandals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deployed powerful spying tools in Latin American presidential politics and used them against political adversaries , opposition journalists , lawmakers , dissident groups , judges , activists , and unions .
These tools have also been used to glean embarrassing or compromising information on political targets .
All too often , Latin America ’ s weak democratic institutions have failed to prevent such government abuse of power .
Examples abound in Latin America of documented government abuses of surveillance technologies .
Surveillance rose to public prominence in Peru in the 1990s with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Intelligence Agency and former President Fujimori .
Fujimori ’ s conviction marked the first time in history that a democratically elected president had been tried and found guilty in his own country for human rights abuses , including illegal wiretapping of opposition figures ’ phones .
In the 2000s , the Colombian intelligence agency ( DAS ) was caught wiretapping political opponents .
Ricardo A. Martinelli , Panama ’ s President from 2009 to 2014 , was accused of using the spyware “ Pegasus ” to snoop on political opponents , union leaders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last year rejected illegal wiretapping charges against him because of “ reasonable doubts ” . )
In Chile in 2017 , civil society worked to grasp how the Intelligence Directorate of Chile ’ s Carabiniers ( Dipolcar and its special intelligence unit ) had “ intercepted ” eight of the Mapuche indigenous community leaders ’ encrypted WhatsApp and Telegram messages .
These leaders had been detained as part of the Huracán Operation .
Carabineros shifted its explanation of how it had procured the messages : it had simply claimed generic “ interception of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have used a keylogger and other malicious software to plant fake evidence .
Expert examinations within a Prosecutor ’ s Office investigation and the report of a Congressional investigative committee concluded that evidence was fabricated .
The Huracán Operation also engaged in fraudulent manipulation of seized devices and obtained communications without proper judicial authorization .
This is but one abuse among many involving Mapuches by Chilean authorities .
Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables showed collaboration in communications surveillance between the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrations and Latin American governments such as Paraguay and Panama .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. government and Paraguayan telecom companies .
History repeats itself .
Just a few weeks ago , a report revealed that between 2012 and 2018 , the government of Mexico City operated an intelligence center that targeted political adversaries including the current Mexican President and the current mayor of Mexico City .
Likewise , Brazilians learned just a few weeks ago about Cortex—the Ministry of Justice ’ s Integrated Operations Secretariat ( SEOPI ) surveillance program created to fight “ organized crime.
” Intercept Brazil revealed that Cortex integrates automated-license plate readers ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rais , the Ministry of Economy ’ s labor database .
Indeed , Cortext reportedly cross-references Rais records about employee “ address , dependents , salary , and position ” with location data obtained from 6,000 ALPRs in at least 12 Brazilian states .
According to the Intercept ’ s anonymous source , around 10,000 intelligence and law enforcement agents have access to the system .
The context of this new revelation recalls a previous scandal involving the same Ministry of Justice ’ s Secretariat .
In July of this year , Brazil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Justice to halt SEOPI ’ s intelligence-gathering against political opponents .
SEOPI had compiled an intelligence dossier about police officers and teachers linked to the opposition movement .
The Ministry of Justice dismissed SEOPI ’ s intelligence director .
Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant The European Court of Human Rights has held that “ a system of secret surveillance set up to protect national security may undermine or even destroy democracy under the cloak of defending it.
” In a recent report , the Inter-American Commission ’ s Free Expression Rapporteur reinforced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stresses that people should , at least , have information on the legal framework for surveillance and its purpose ; the procedures for the authorization , selection of targets , and handling of data in surveillance programs ; the protocols adopted for the exchange , storage , and destruction of the intercepted material ; and which government agencies are in charge of implementing and supervising those programs .
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Transparency is vital for accountability and democracy .
Without it , civil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government overreach .
Surveillance powers and the interpretation of such laws must always be on the public record .
The law must compel the State to provide rigorous reporting and individual notification .
The absence of such transparency violates human rights standards and the rule of law .
Transparency is all the more critical where , for operational reasons , certain aspects of the system remain secret .
Secrecy prevents meaningful public policy debates on these matters of extreme importance : the public can ’ t respond to abuses of power if it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are many methods states and communication companies can implement to increase transparency about privacy , government data access requests , and legal surveillance authorities .
States should publish transparency reports of law enforcement demands to access customers ’ information .
The UN Special Rapporteur on free expression has called upon States to disclose general information about the number of requests for interception and surveillance that have been approved and rejected .
Such disclosure should include a breakdown of demands by service providers , type of investigation , number of affected persons , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Unfortunately , the culture of secrecy on states ’ transparency reporting is a real problem in Latin America .
Brazil and Mexico have regulations that compel agencies to publish transparency reports , and they do disclose statistical information .
However , Argentina , Colombia , Chile , Paraguay , Peru , and Spain do not have a concrete law that requires them to do so , and in practice , they do not post such reports .
Of course , the lack of a specific obligation to publish public interest data , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Freedom of Expression Rapporteur , should not prevent States from publishing this type of data .
The IACHR Rapporteur states that the public has the right to access a surveillance agency ’ s functions , activities , and public resources management .
Mexico ‘ s Transparency Law requires governmental agencies to regularly disclose statistical information about data demands made to telecom providers for interceptions , access to communications records , and access to location data in real time .
Agencies also must keep the data updated .
Brazil ’ s decree 8.771/2016 obliges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its website , yearly statistical reports about their requests for access to Internet users ’ subscriber data .
The statistical reports should include the number of demands , the list of ISPs and Internet applications from which data has been requested , the number of requests granted and rejected , and the number of users affected .
Moreover , Brazil ’ s National Council of Justice created a public database with statistics on communications interceptions authorized by courts .
The system breaks the data down per month and court in the following categories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , number of new and ongoing criminal procedures , number of monitored phones , number of monitored VOIP communications , and number of monitored electronic addresses .
Companies should publish detailed statistical transparency reports regarding all government access to their customers ’ data .
The legal frameworks in Argentina , Brazil , Colombia , Chile , Mexico , Peru , Panama , Paraguay , and Spain do not prohibit companies from publishing statistical data on government requests for user data and other investigative techniques authorities .
But of the countries we studied , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ information is Chile .
Large and small Chilean ISPs have published their transparency reports , including Telefonica , WOM !
, VTR , Entel , and most recently GTD Manquehue .
We haven ’ t seen similar developments in other countries .
While America Móvil ( Claro ) operates in all the Latam countries covered in our reports , only in Chile does it publish one with statistical figures for government data requests .
Telefónica-Movistar is among the few companies to fully embrace transparency reports throughout all the Latam countries where it operates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America , Millicom-Tigo has generally issued consolidated data for Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , and , more recently , Panama .
This is less helpful and deviates from the general standard to publish aggregate data per country and not per multi-country region .
The company does the same for South America , where it publishes consolidated statistical data for Bolivia , Colombia , and Paraguay .
In 2018 , Millicom-Tigo first followed the industry-standard by posting aggregate data just for Colombia .
AT & T publishes detailed data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ little information for Latam countries , except for Mexico , where more data is available .
The type of data requested by governments depends on the services AT & T provides in each country ( whether it is broadband , mobile , or only TV and entertainment ) .
AT & T should provide information like the number of rejected requests or the applicable legal framework for all the countries where it operates .
In Spain , Orange published its latest report in 2018 , while Ono Vodafone ’ s last report refers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ telcos have failed to publish transparency reports .
At a minimum , companies ’ transparency reports should disclose the number of government data requests per country , and split by key types of data , applicable legal authorities , and the number of claims challenged or denied .
The reports we reviewed usually provide different numbers for content and metadata , which is important .
AT & T also includes real-time access to location data for Mexico .
Telefonica and AT & T Mexico ’ s section release the number of rejected requests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ information .
None of the reports distinguish criminal orders from national security requests ; AT & T does so only for the United States .
Reports should also allow readers to learn the number of affected users or devices ; disclosing only the number of requests isn ’ t enough , since one legal demand may refer to more than one customer or device .
Telefónica indicates figures of accesses affected for both interception and metadata in Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Mexico , and Peru .
In Spain , the system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orders to obtain metadata still doesn ’ t allow this breakdown .
And in Colombia , it ’ s not even possible to count the number of interception requests in mobile lines .
Of course , companies ’ transparency reports depend on their knowledge of when surveillance takes place through their systems .
Such knowledge is missing–and so transparency reporting is not possible–when police and other government agencies compel providers to give law enforcement direct access to their servers .
The 2018 UN High Commissioner on Human Rights report recognized that such direct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are particularly prone to abuse and tend to circumvent critical procedural safeguards .
According to Millicom ’ s report , direct access requirements to telecom companies ’ mobile networks in Honduras , El Salvador , and Colombia prevent the ISPs from knowing how often or for what periods interception occurs .
Millicom points out that a similar practice exists in Paraguay .
Yet , in this case , Millicom states the procedures allow them to view the judicial order required for authorities to initiate the interception .
It is important for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government agencies obtain customer data from service providers .
To ensure public access to this information , providers should transparently publish the request guidelines they provide to government agencies .
Chilean telecom companies publish their law enforcement guidelines .
WOM and VTR detail the integrated systems and contact channels they use to receive government requests , and the information that requests and judicial orders should contain , such as the investigative targets and procedures .
They break details down by type of interception ( like emergency cases and deadline extension ) and users @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
GTD Manquehue has a similar model but doesn ’ t specify information related to urgent interceptions and extension requests .
Claro also includes contact channels and some important requisites , particularly for traffic and other associated data .
Entel doesn ’ t indicate contact channels for data requests but goes beyond others in explaining the applicable legal framework and requirements orders must fulfill .
In turn , Telefónica – Movistar ’ s guidelines are vague when setting legal requirements , but provide great detail about the kind of metadata and subscriber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Millicom have global guidelines for all law enforcement requests .
They apply to their subsidiaries , which usually don ’ t publish local specifications .
While Telefonica guidelines commit to relevant principles and display a chart flow for assessing government requests , Millicom outlines five steps of their process for law enforcement assistance .
Both give valuable insight into the companies ’ procedures .
But they shouldn ’ t supplant the release of more specific guidelines at the domestic level , showing how their global policies apply regarding local contexts and rules .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ anything else—are unacceptable .
Law is only legitimate if people know it exists and can act based on that knowledge .
It allows people the fundamental fairness of understanding when they can expect privacy from the government and when they can not .
As we ’ ve noted before , it avoids the Kafkaesque situations in which people , like Joseph K in The Trial , can not figure out what they did that resulted in the government accessing their data .
The UN Report on the Right to Privacy in the Digital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not have the necessary qualities of ‘ law ’ … [ a ] law that is accessible , but that does not have foreseeable effects , will not be adequate.
” The Council of Europe ’ s Parliamentary Assembly likewise has condemned the “ extensive use of secret laws and regulations.
” Yet the Peruvian guidelines on data sharing by ISPs with police has been declared “ reserved information.
” In striking contrast , Peruvian wiretapping protocols are deemed public .
Service providers should notify all their customers , wherever they live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Such notice should be immediate , unless doing so would endanger the investigation .
The notification principle is essential to restrict improper data requests from the government to service providers .
Before the revolution in electronic communication , the police had to knock on a suspect ’ s door and show their warrant .
The person searched could observe whether the police searched or seized their written correspondence , and if they felt the intrusion was improper , ask a court to intervene .
Electronic surveillance , however , is much more surreptitious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ directly from telecom or Internet Providers without the individual knowing .
It is often impossible to know that their data has been accessed unless the evidence leads to criminal charges .
As a result , the innocent are least likely to discover the violation of their privacy rights .
Indeed , new technologies have enabled covert remote searches of personal computers .
Any delay in the notification has to be justified to a court and tied to an actual danger to the investigation or harm to a person .
The UN High Commissioner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been subject to surveillance should be notified , at least ex post facto .
Peru and Chile provide the two best standards in the region to notify the persons affected .
Unfortunately , notification is often delayed .
Peru ’ s Criminal Procedure Code allows informing the surveilled person once the access procedures are completed .
The affected person may ask for judicial re-examination within three days of receiving notice .
Such post-access notification is permitted only if the investigation scope allows it and does not endanger another person .
Chilean law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ procedure is secret by default .
However , the state must notify the affected person after the interception has ended , if the investigative scope allows it and notice won ’ t jeopardize another person .
If the data demand is secret , then the prosecutor must set a term of no more than 40 days , which may be extended one more time .
Argentinian criminal law does not include any obligation or prohibition to inform the individual , not even when the access is over .
The subject of the investigation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a criminal proceeding .
However , an individual may never know that the government accessed their data if it was not used by the prosecutor .
There is no legal obligation in Brazil that compels either the State or companies to provide notice a priori .
The Telephone Interception Law imposes a general secrecy requirement .
Another statute authorizes the judge to determine secrecy issues .
Companies could voluntarily notify the user if a gag order is not legally or judicially set , or subsequently after secrecy is lifted .
In Spain , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for interception of communication , malware , location tracking , or communication data access .
The obliged company carrying out the investigative measures is sworn to secrecy on pain of criminal penalty .
Freedom of Information Laws and investigative reporting are needed to shine a light on governmental data requests and secret surveillance .
Whistleblowers ’ legal protection is required , too .
States in the region are required to respond to public record requests and must provide information ex officio .
The Inter-American Court recognizes that it is “ essential that State @ @ @ @ @ @ @ maximum disclosure , which establishes the presumption that all information is accessible , subject to a limited system of exceptions.
” The Court also echoed the 2004 joint declaration by the rapporteurs on freedom of expression of the UN , the OAS , and the OSCE , in which it stipulated that “ [ p ] ublic authorities should be required to publish proactively , even in the absence of a request , a range of information of public interest .
Systems should be put in place to increase , over time , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ routine disclosure.
” The Mexican Transparency Law obliges governmental agencies to automatically disclose and update information about government access to company data .
In contrast , the Peruvian Transparency Law only compels the State to disclose on request the information it creates or is in its possession , with certain exceptions .
So if aggregate information on the details of the requests existed , it could be accessible through FOIA requests .
But if it ’ s not , the law does not require the agency to create a new record .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public access laws to learn more about high tech surveillance in their countries .
In Argentina , ADC filed a FOIA request after the City of Buenos Aires announced it would deploy facial recognition software over its CCTV cameras ’ infrastructure .
Buenos Aires ’ administration disclosed responsive information about the legal basis and purposes for implementing the technology , the government body responsible for its operation , and the software purchase .
ODIA made further requests about the system ’ s technical aspects , and Access Now followed suit in Córdoba .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ use of “ Pegasus ” malware to spy on journalists , activists , lawyers , and politicians in Mexico , digital rights NGO R3D filed a FOIA request in 2017 seeking documents about the purchase of “ Pegasus ” .
After receiving part of the agreement , R3D challenged the country ’ s Transparency and Data Protection Authority ( INAI ) decision to classify Pegasus ’ technical specifications and operation methods .
In 2018 , the judge overruled INAI ’ s resolution , holding that serious human rights violations and acts of corruption @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other countries , digital media have shed light on the number of government data access demands .
For example , INFOBAE in Argentina published a story reporting the leaked number of interceptions and other statistical information .
Another outlet in Chile revealed the number of telephone interception requests based on the public records law .
The IACHR Rapporteur stresses the important role of investigative journalists and whistleblowers in its new Freedom of Expression report .
The rapporteur ’ s recommendations underscore the need to ensure legislation to protect the right of journalists and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their sources against direct and indirect exposure , including intrusion through surveillance .
Whistleblowers who expose human rights violations or other wrongdoings should also receive legal protection against retaliation .
Governments often confuse a need for secrecy in a specific investigation with an overarching reticence to describe a surveillance technology ’ s technical capabilities , legal authorities , and aggregate uses .
But civil society ’ s knowledge of these technologies is crucial to public oversight and government accountability .
Democracy can not flourish and persist without the capacity to learn about and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of privacy and other rights .
Secrecy must be the exception , not the norm .
It must be limited in time and strictly necessary and proportionate to protect specific legitimate aims .
We still have a long way ahead in making transparency the norm .
Government practices , state regulations , and companies ’ actions must build upon the transparency principles set forth in our recommendations .
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By Katitza Rodriguez and Veridiana Alimonti
This post is the second in a series about our new State of Communications Privacy Laws report, a set of questions and answers about privacy and data protection in eight Latin American countries and Spain. The series’ first post was “A Look-Back and Ahead on Data Protection in Latin America and Spain.” The reports cover Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, and Spain.
Although the full extent of government surveillance technology in Latin America remains mostly unknown, media reports have revealed multiple scandals. Intelligence and law enforcement agencies have deployed powerful spying tools in Latin American presidential politics and used them against political adversaries, opposition journalists, lawmakers, dissident groups, judges, activists, and unions. These tools have also been used to glean embarrassing or compromising information on political targets. All too often, Latin America’s weak democratic institutions have failed to prevent such government abuse of power.
High Tech Spying in Latam, Past and Present
Examples abound in Latin America of documented government abuses of surveillance technologies. Surveillance rose to public prominence in Peru in the 1990s with a scandal involving the former director of the Intelligence Agency and former President Fujimori. Fujimori’s conviction marked the first time in history that a democratically elected president had been tried and found guilty in his own country for human rights abuses, including illegal wiretapping of opposition figures’ phones. In the 2000s, the Colombian intelligence agency (DAS) was caught wiretapping political opponents. Ricardo A. Martinelli, Panama’s President from 2009 to 2014, was accused of using the spyware “Pegasus” to snoop on political opponents, union leaders, and journalists. (A court last year rejected illegal wiretapping charges against him because of “reasonable doubts”.)
In Chile in 2017, civil society worked to grasp how the Intelligence Directorate of Chile’s Carabiniers (Dipolcar and its special intelligence unit) had “intercepted” eight of the Mapuche indigenous community leaders’ encrypted WhatsApp and Telegram messages. These leaders had been detained as part of the Huracán Operation. Carabineros shifted its explanation of how it had procured the messages: it had simply claimed generic “interception of messages,” but later claimed to have used a keylogger and other malicious software to plant fake evidence. Expert examinations within a Prosecutor’s Office investigation and the report of a Congressional investigative committee concluded that evidence was fabricated. The Huracán Operation also engaged in fraudulent manipulation of seized devices and obtained communications without proper judicial authorization. This is but one abuse among many involving Mapuches by Chilean authorities.
Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables showed collaboration in communications surveillance between the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrations and Latin American governments such as Paraguay and Panama. This included “cooperation” between the U.S. government and Paraguayan telecom companies.
History repeats itself. Just a few weeks ago, a report revealed that between 2012 and 2018, the government of Mexico City operated an intelligence center that targeted political adversaries including the current Mexican President and the current mayor of Mexico City. Likewise, Brazilians learned just a few weeks ago about Cortex—the Ministry of Justice’s Integrated Operations Secretariat (SEOPI) surveillance program created to fight “organized crime.” Intercept Brazil revealed that Cortex integrates automated-license plate readers (ALPRs) with other databases such as Rais, the Ministry of Economy’s labor database. Indeed, Cortext reportedly cross-references Rais records about employee “address, dependents, salary, and position” with location data obtained from 6,000 ALPRs in at least 12 Brazilian states. According to the Intercept’s anonymous source, around 10,000 intelligence and law enforcement agents have access to the system. The context of this new revelation recalls a previous scandal involving the same Ministry of Justice’s Secretariat. In July of this year, Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the Ministry of Justice to halt SEOPI’s intelligence-gathering against political opponents. SEOPI had compiled an intelligence dossier about police officers and teachers linked to the opposition movement. The Ministry of Justice dismissed SEOPI’s intelligence director.
The European Court of Human Rights has held that “a system of secret surveillance set up to protect national security may undermine or even destroy democracy under the cloak of defending it.” In a recent report, the Inter-American Commission’s Free Expression Rapporteur reinforced the call for transparency. The report stresses that people should, at least, have information on the legal framework for surveillance and its purpose; the procedures for the authorization, selection of targets, and handling of data in surveillance programs; the protocols adopted for the exchange, storage, and destruction of the intercepted material; and which government agencies are in charge of implementing and supervising those programs.
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Transparency is vital for accountability and democracy. Without it, civil society cannot even begin to check government overreach. Surveillance powers and the interpretation of such laws must always be on the public record. The law must compel the State to provide rigorous reporting and individual notification. The absence of such transparency violates human rights standards and the rule of law. Transparency is all the more critical where, for operational reasons, certain aspects of the system remain secret.
Secrecy prevents meaningful public policy debates on these matters of extreme importance: the public can’t respond to abuses of power if it can’t see them. There are many methods states and communication companies can implement to increase transparency about privacy, government data access requests, and legal surveillance authorities.
Policy Recommendations
States should publish transparency reports of law enforcement demands to access customers’ information.
The UN Special Rapporteur on free expression has called upon States to disclose general information about the number of requests for interception and surveillance that have been approved and rejected. Such disclosure should include a breakdown of demands by service providers, type of investigation, number of affected persons, and period covered, among other factors. Unfortunately, the culture of secrecy on states’ transparency reporting is a real problem in Latin America.
Brazil and Mexico have regulations that compel agencies to publish transparency reports, and they do disclose statistical information. However, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Spain do not have a concrete law that requires them to do so, and in practice, they do not post such reports. Of course, the lack of a specific obligation to publish public interest data, as pointed out by the IACHR’s Freedom of Expression Rapporteur, should not prevent States from publishing this type of data. The IACHR Rapporteur states that the public has the right to access a surveillance agency’s functions, activities, and public resources management.
Mexico‘s Transparency Law requires governmental agencies to regularly disclose statistical information about data demands made to telecom providers for interceptions, access to communications records, and access to location data in real time. Agencies also must keep the data updated.
Brazil’s decree 8.771/2016 obliges each federal agency to publish, on its website, yearly statistical reports about their requests for access to Internet users’ subscriber data. The statistical reports should include the number of demands, the list of ISPs and Internet applications from which data has been requested, the number of requests granted and rejected, and the number of users affected. Moreover, Brazil’s National Council of Justice created a public database with statistics on communications interceptions authorized by courts. The system breaks the data down per month and court in the following categories: number of started and ongoing requests, number of new and ongoing criminal procedures, number of monitored phones, number of monitored VOIP communications, and number of monitored electronic addresses.
Companies should publish detailed statistical transparency reports regarding all government access to their customers’ data.
The legal frameworks in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Panama, Paraguay, and Spain do not prohibit companies from publishing statistical data on government requests for user data and other investigative techniques authorities. But of the countries we studied, the only one where ISPs publish this information is Chile. Large and small Chilean ISPs have published their transparency reports, including Telefonica, WOM!, VTR, Entel, and most recently GTD Manquehue. We haven’t seen similar developments in other countries. While America Móvil (Claro) operates in all the Latam countries covered in our reports, only in Chile does it publish one with statistical figures for government data requests.
Telefónica-Movistar is among the few companies to fully embrace transparency reports throughout all the Latam countries where it operates. Others should follow. In Central America, Millicom-Tigo has generally issued consolidated data for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and, more recently, Panama. This is less helpful and deviates from the general standard to publish aggregate data per country and not per multi-country region. The company does the same for South America, where it publishes consolidated statistical data for Bolivia, Colombia, and Paraguay. In 2018, Millicom-Tigo first followed the industry-standard by posting aggregate data just for Colombia.
AT&T publishes detailed data for the United States, but very little information for Latam countries, except for Mexico, where more data is available. The type of data requested by governments depends on the services AT&T provides in each country (whether it is broadband, mobile, or only TV and entertainment). AT&T should provide information like the number of rejected requests or the applicable legal framework for all the countries where it operates.
In Spain, Orange published its latest report in 2018, while Ono Vodafone’s last report refers to 2016-2017 requests.
Many local Latam telcos have failed to publish transparency reports.
In Argentina: Cablevision, Claro, Telecom, Telecentro, and IPLAN.
In Brazil: Claro, Oi, Algar, and Nextel.
In Colombia: Claro and EMCALI.
In Panama: Cable & Wireless Panamá (Más Móvil), Claro, and Digicel
In Perú: Claro, Entel, Olo, Bitel, and Inkacel
In Paraguay: Claro, Personal, Copaco, Vox, and Chaco Comunicaciones.
In México: Telmex/Telcel (América Móvil), Axtel, Megacable, Izzi, and Totalplay.
At a minimum, companies’ transparency reports should disclose the number of government data requests per country, and split by key types of data, applicable legal authorities, and the number of claims challenged or denied. The reports we reviewed usually provide different numbers for content and metadata, which is important. AT&T also includes real-time access to location data for Mexico. Telefonica and AT&T Mexico’s section release the number of rejected requests; Millicom doesn’t provide this information. None of the reports distinguish criminal orders from national security requests; AT&T does so only for the United States. Reports should also allow readers to learn the number of affected users or devices; disclosing only the number of requests isn’t enough, since one legal demand may refer to more than one customer or device. Telefónica indicates figures of accesses affected for both interception and metadata in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Peru. In Spain, the system used by security forces for sending judicial orders to obtain metadata still doesn’t allow this breakdown. And in Colombia, it’s not even possible to count the number of interception requests in mobile lines.
Of course, companies’ transparency reports depend on their knowledge of when surveillance takes place through their systems. Such knowledge is missing–and so transparency reporting is not possible–when police and other government agencies compel providers to give law enforcement direct access to their servers. The 2018 UN High Commissioner on Human Rights report recognized that such direct access systems are a serious concern; they are particularly prone to abuse and tend to circumvent critical procedural safeguards. According to Millicom’s report, direct access requirements to telecom companies’ mobile networks in Honduras, El Salvador, and Colombia prevent the ISPs from knowing how often or for what periods interception occurs. Millicom points out that a similar practice exists in Paraguay. Yet, in this case, Millicom states the procedures allow them to view the judicial order required for authorities to initiate the interception.
Companies should publish guidelines for government agencies seeking users’ data.
It is important for the public to know how police and other government agencies obtain customer data from service providers. To ensure public access to this information, providers should transparently publish the request guidelines they provide to government agencies.
Chilean telecom companies publish their law enforcement guidelines. WOM and VTR detail the integrated systems and contact channels they use to receive government requests, and the information that requests and judicial orders should contain, such as the investigative targets and procedures. They break details down by type of interception (like emergency cases and deadline extension) and users’ information (such as traffic data).
GTD Manquehue has a similar model but doesn’t specify information related to urgent interceptions and extension requests. Claro also includes contact channels and some important requisites, particularly for traffic and other associated data. Entel doesn’t indicate contact channels for data requests but goes beyond others in explaining the applicable legal framework and requirements orders must fulfill. In turn, Telefónica – Movistar’s guidelines are vague when setting legal requirements, but provide great detail about the kind of metadata and subscriber information authorities can access.
Telefónica and Millicom have global guidelines for all law enforcement requests. They apply to their subsidiaries, which usually don’t publish local specifications. While Telefonica guidelines commit to relevant principles and display a chart flow for assessing government requests, Millicom outlines five steps of their process for law enforcement assistance. Both give valuable insight into the companies’ procedures. But they shouldn’t supplant the release of more specific guidelines at the domestic level, showing how their global policies apply regarding local contexts and rules.
Secret laws—about government access to data or anything else—are unacceptable.
Law is only legitimate if people know it exists and can act based on that knowledge. It allows people the fundamental fairness of understanding when they can expect privacy from the government and when they cannot. As we’ve noted before, it avoids the Kafkaesque situations in which people, like Joseph K in The Trial, cannot figure out what they did that resulted in the government accessing their data. The UN Report on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age states that “Secret rules … do not have the necessary qualities of ‘law’ … [a] law that is accessible, but that does not have foreseeable effects, will not be adequate.” The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly likewise has condemned the “extensive use of secret laws and regulations.”
Yet the Peruvian guidelines on data sharing by ISPs with police has been declared “reserved information.” In striking contrast, Peruvian wiretapping protocols are deemed public.
Service providers should notify all their customers, wherever they live when the government seeks their data. Such notice should be immediate, unless doing so would endanger the investigation.
The notification principle is essential to restrict improper data requests from the government to service providers. Before the revolution in electronic communication, the police had to knock on a suspect’s door and show their warrant. The person searched could observe whether the police searched or seized their written correspondence, and if they felt the intrusion was improper, ask a court to intervene.
Electronic surveillance, however, is much more surreptitious. Data can be intercepted or acquired directly from telecom or Internet Providers without the individual knowing. It is often impossible to know that their data has been accessed unless the evidence leads to criminal charges. As a result, the innocent are least likely to discover the violation of their privacy rights. Indeed, new technologies have enabled covert remote searches of personal computers. Any delay in the notification has to be justified to a court and tied to an actual danger to the investigation or harm to a person. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recognized that users who have been subject to surveillance should be notified, at least ex post facto.
Peru and Chile provide the two best standards in the region to notify the persons affected. Unfortunately, notification is often delayed. Peru’s Criminal Procedure Code allows informing the surveilled person once the access procedures are completed. The affected person may ask for judicial re-examination within three days of receiving notice. Such post-access notification is permitted only if the investigation scope allows it and does not endanger another person.
Chilean law has a similar provision. The access procedure is secret by default. However, the state must notify the affected person after the interception has ended, if the investigative scope allows it and notice won’t jeopardize another person. If the data demand is secret, then the prosecutor must set a term of no more than 40 days, which may be extended one more time.
Argentinian criminal law does not include any obligation or prohibition to inform the individual, not even when the access is over. The subject of the investigation may learn about the evidence used in a criminal proceeding. However, an individual may never know that the government accessed their data if it was not used by the prosecutor.
There is no legal obligation in Brazil that compels either the State or companies to provide notice a priori. The Telephone Interception Law imposes a general secrecy requirement. Another statute authorizes the judge to determine secrecy issues. Companies could voluntarily notify the user if a gag order is not legally or judicially set, or subsequently after secrecy is lifted.
In Spain, secrecy is the norm. This includes for interception of communication, malware, location tracking, or communication data access. The obliged company carrying out the investigative measures is sworn to secrecy on pain of criminal penalty.
Freedom of Information Laws and investigative reporting are needed to shine a light on governmental data requests and secret surveillance. Whistleblowers’ legal protection is required, too.
States in the region are required to respond to public record requests and must provide information ex officio. The Inter-American Court recognizes that it is “essential that State authorities are governed by the principle of maximum disclosure, which establishes the presumption that all information is accessible, subject to a limited system of exceptions.” The Court also echoed the 2004 joint declaration by the rapporteurs on freedom of expression of the UN, the OAS, and the OSCE, in which it stipulated that “[p]ublic authorities should be required to publish proactively, even in the absence of a request, a range of information of public interest. Systems should be put in place to increase, over time, the amount of data subject to such routine disclosure.”
The Mexican Transparency Law obliges governmental agencies to automatically disclose and update information about government access to company data. In contrast, the Peruvian Transparency Law only compels the State to disclose on request the information it creates or is in its possession, with certain exceptions. So if aggregate information on the details of the requests existed, it could be accessible through FOIA requests. But if it’s not, the law does not require the agency to create a new record.
In Latin America, NGOs have used these public access laws to learn more about high tech surveillance in their countries. In Argentina, ADC filed a FOIA request after the City of Buenos Aires announced it would deploy facial recognition software over its CCTV cameras’ infrastructure. Buenos Aires’ administration disclosed responsive information about the legal basis and purposes for implementing the technology, the government body responsible for its operation, and the software purchase. ODIA made further requests about the system’s technical aspects, and Access Now followed suit in Córdoba.
In the wake of revelations on the use of “Pegasus” malware to spy on journalists, activists, lawyers, and politicians in Mexico, digital rights NGO R3D filed a FOIA request in 2017 seeking documents about the purchase of “Pegasus”. After receiving part of the agreement, R3D challenged the country’s Transparency and Data Protection Authority (INAI) decision to classify Pegasus’ technical specifications and operation methods. In 2018, the judge overruled INAI’s resolution, holding that serious human rights violations and acts of corruption must never be confidential information.
In other countries, digital media have shed light on the number of government data access demands. For example, INFOBAE in Argentina published a story reporting the leaked number of interceptions and other statistical information. Another outlet in Chile revealed the number of telephone interception requests based on the public records law.
The IACHR Rapporteur stresses the important role of investigative journalists and whistleblowers in its new Freedom of Expression report. The rapporteur’s recommendations underscore the need to ensure legislation to protect the right of journalists and others. The law should also protect their sources against direct and indirect exposure, including intrusion through surveillance. Whistleblowers who expose human rights violations or other wrongdoings should also receive legal protection against retaliation.
Conclusions
Governments often confuse a need for secrecy in a specific investigation with an overarching reticence to describe a surveillance technology’s technical capabilities, legal authorities, and aggregate uses. But civil society’s knowledge of these technologies is crucial to public oversight and government accountability. Democracy cannot flourish and persist without the capacity to learn about and provide effective remedies to abuses and violations of privacy and other rights.
Secrecy must be the exception, not the norm. It must be limited in time and strictly necessary and proportionate to protect specific legitimate aims. We still have a long way ahead in making transparency the norm. Government practices, state regulations, and companies’ actions must build upon the transparency principles set forth in our recommendations.
Source: EFF.org
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Radio Show Caller Reports Horrifying Electrical and Health Issues after Duke Energy Installs New “Smart” Meter

People worldwide DO NOT WANT “ Smart ” Meters – electric , gas , and water ( see 1 , 2 ) .
Tens of millions have been installed and millions more are planned despite all their problems – fires , explosions , measurement errors , serious cybersecurity risks ( see 1 , 2 ) , and more .
Duke Energy customers in several states have also reported issues after the company installed these meters ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ) .
Last month , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Home with Gary Sullivan ” radio show and described a dangerous situation that started after Duke Energy installed a new “ Smart ” Meter on her home .
From the Take Back Your Power newsletter : Gary Sullivan Show : Duke ‘ smart ’ meters causing terrible problems with health , and interference with CPAP medical equipment Go to 1:34:30 in the show , where Debbie starts .
( 12 min segment ) This radio segment highlights some of the dangers and why you need to OPT OUT of ‘ smart ’ meters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On Saturday , September 26 , a Duke Energy customer named Debbie called the “ At Home with Gary Sullivan ” radio show to report serious electrical and health issues that started after the utility installed a new smart meter on the home she shares with her husband , a disabled Vietnam veteran .
They now seem to be living mostly on their back porch because of the new meter .
Duke Energy has told them that they can opt out of the Itron smart meter by accepting a different digital meter .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ has told her that the replacement meter may not solve all their problems .
A whole-home dirty electricity filter such as the SineTamer , which I personally use and will be sharing more about soon , is among the top recommended mitigation solutions to support health and lower utility bills .
After the call ends with Debbie , it ’ s not the end of the discussion .
The radio station airs a few ads and host Gary Sullivan returns to talk more about wireless technology .
He mentions 5G , and references @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for additional information .
Listen to this episode now ( go to 1hr 34mins ) … “ Smart ” Meters emit high levels of harmful electromagnetic radiation that can cause dangerous electrical issues as well as make people and animals sick ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ) .
There are undoubtedly countless more stories like Debbie ’ s that haven ’ t been widely reported .
Unfortunately , “ Smart ” Meter proponents continue to describe these meters as beneficial to customers and eco-friendly .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ NOT save meaningful amounts of energy and customer rates are usually increased for their installation ( see 1 , 2 ) .
Unlike original analog meters , they also need to be replaced frequently .
Frequent replacement is NOT eco-friendly AND the cost for this is also usually passed on to customers ( see 1 , 2 ) .
Utility companies continue to install “ Smart ” Meters because they benefit THEM .
These meters allow them to remotely turn off services as well as ration energy .
Because these meters are 2-way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collect minute-by-minute customer usage data 24/7 .
They collect and analyze this data so they can market more products and services to customers and/or sell data to 3rd parties .
Documentary – Take Back Your Power – reveals more ugly details .
If any of this concerns you , contact your utility providers and ask to “ opt out.
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People worldwide DO NOT WANT “Smart” Meters – electric, gas, and water (see 1, 2). Tens of millions have been installed and millions more are planned despite all their problems – fires, explosions, measurement errors, serious cybersecurity risks (see 1, 2), and more.
Duke Energy customers in several states have also reported issues after the company installed these meters (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). Last month, a woman named Debbie called the “At Home with Gary Sullivan” radio show and described a dangerous situation that started after Duke Energy installed a new “Smart” Meter on her home.
From the Take Back Your Power newsletter:
‘Smart’ Meter News
Gary Sullivan Show: Duke ‘smart’ meters causing terrible problems with health, and interference with CPAP medical equipment
Go to 1:34:30 in the show, where Debbie starts. (12 min segment)
This radio segment highlights some of the dangers and why you need to OPT OUT of ‘smart’ meters and/or send a Notice of Liability.
On Saturday, September 26, a Duke Energy customer named Debbie called the “At Home with Gary Sullivan” radio show to report serious electrical and health issues that started after the utility installed a new smart meter on the home she shares with her husband, a disabled Vietnam veteran. They now seem to be living mostly on their back porch because of the new meter.
Duke Energy has told them that they can opt out of the Itron smart meter by accepting a different digital meter. She has consulted with an expert who has told her that the replacement meter may not solve all their problems. A whole-home dirty electricity filter such as the SineTamer, which I personally use and will be sharing more about soon, is among the top recommended mitigation solutions to support health and lower utility bills.
After the call ends with Debbie, it’s not the end of the discussion. The radio station airs a few ads and host Gary Sullivan returns to talk more about wireless technology. He mentions 5G, and references Physicians for Safe Technology as a source for additional information.
Listen to this episode now (go to 1hr 34mins)…
“Smart” Meters emit high levels of harmful electromagnetic radiation that can cause dangerous electrical issues as well as make people and animals sick (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). There are undoubtedly countless more stories like Debbie’s that haven’t been widely reported. Unfortunately, “Smart” Meter proponents continue to describe these meters as beneficial to customers and eco-friendly. Nope and Nope. These devices DO NOT save meaningful amounts of energy and customer rates are usually increased for their installation (see 1, 2). Unlike original analog meters, they also need to be replaced frequently. Frequent replacement is NOT eco-friendly AND the cost for this is also usually passed on to customers (see 1, 2).
Utility companies continue to install “Smart” Meters because they benefit THEM. These meters allow them to remotely turn off services as well as ration energy. Because these meters are 2-way transmitting, they also allow utilities to collect minute-by-minute customer usage data 24/7. They collect and analyze this data so they can market more products and services to customers and/or sell data to 3rd parties. Documentary – Take Back Your Power – reveals more ugly details. If any of this concerns you, contact your utility providers and ask to “opt out.”
Activist Post reports regularly about “Smart” Meters and other unsafe technology. For more information, visit our archives and the following websites:
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The Economic Implosion of 2020: U.S. Job Losses Ramp Up Again as Millions Continue to Slide into Poverty

The mainstream media keeps trying to convince us that things are about to get a whole lot better for the U.S. economy , but instead they just keep getting worse .
On Thursday , we learned that another 898,000 Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week .
That was the highest number that we have seen since August , and it is yet more evidence that a new wave of layoffs has begun .
But according to the experts that the mainstream media relies upon , this wasn ’ t supposed to happen .
According to them , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ benefits was supposed to be steadily tapering off as the U.S. economy shifted into recovery mode .
Unfortunately for all of us , those experts have been dead wrong .
Yesterday , I wrote about the decline of the middle class in our country , and here in 2020 this pandemic has greatly accelerated that process .
In fact , one new study has found that almost 8 million more Americans have plunged into poverty just since May… And another study discovered that 6 million more Americans fell into poverty in just the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breaking because of what is going on all over the country right now .
Millions upon millions of hard working people have lost their jobs and can ’ t find new ones .
As a result , they have lost the comfortable middle class lifestyles that they once enjoyed and have now joined the ranks of the poor .
But the official government numbers don ’ t look that bad because millions of those people are not even categorized as “ unemployed ” .
Instead , many of the workers that have lost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thrown into a category that is called “ not in the labor force ” .
In order to have faith in the official government numbers , you have got to believe that more than 100 million working age Americans are “ not in the labor force ” because they don ’ t want to work .
It is such a sham .
Why don ’ t we just put every single American that is not working into the “ not in the labor force ” category so that we can have 0.0 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that more Americans are being laid off with each passing day .
Over the past few weeks , some of the most iconic companies in the entire nation have been letting workers go… Some parts of the country have been hit much harder than others by this economic downturn .
For instance , tourism has dried up almost completely in Las Vegas , and this week there have been more layoff announcements… In the end , most of the jobs that have been lost in Las Vegas will never come back until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simply not going to be happening for the foreseeable future .
Next door , the state of California has been absolutely devastated by this crisis as well .
If you can believe it , one out of every four Californians received unemployment benefits between March and July .
The state may have more billionaires than anywhere else in the country , but according to the U.S. Census Bureau it also has the highest poverty rate… That means that almost one out of every five people in the entire state of California is living @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is what a “ recovery ” looks like , I would hate to see what the “ bad times ” are going to look like .
And without a doubt , economic conditions are definitely going to get worse than they are now .
So many families in California are just barely scraping by from month to month , and more of them are falling into poverty every day .
In fact , even USA Today is admitting that “ California ’ s middle class isn ’ t done shrinking ” … It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who live in California like to lecture the rest of us about “ wealthy inequality ” , but it is worse in their state than anywhere else .
Those at the very , very top of the pyramid are thriving ( for now ) , but meanwhile countless others are falling out of the middle class .
It is like a really perverse game of musical chairs .
Every time the music stops , more people lose their seats and the middle class shrinks some more .
Sadly , I think that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more in 2021 , and that is really bad news for millions upon millions of middle class American families that are deeply struggling right now .
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The mainstream media keeps trying to convince us that things are about to get a whole lot better for the U.S. economy, but instead they just keep getting worse. On Thursday, we learned that another 898,000 Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week. That was the highest number that we have seen since August, and it is yet more evidence that a new wave of layoffs has begun.
But according to the experts that the mainstream media relies upon, this wasn’t supposed to happen. According to them, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits was supposed to be steadily tapering off as the U.S. economy shifted into recovery mode. Unfortunately for all of us, those experts have been dead wrong.
Yesterday, I wrote about the decline of the middle class in our country, and here in 2020 this pandemic has greatly accelerated that process.
In fact, one new study has found that almost 8 million more Americans have plunged into poverty just since May…
Nearly 8 million Americans have slid into poverty since May, according to a Columbia University study reported by the New York Times. Why it matters:The researchers found that the monthly poverty rate for September was higher than rates during April or May, and it also topped pre-crisis levels, “[d]ue to the expiration of the CARES Act’s stimulus checks and $600 per week supplement to unemployment benefits.”
And another study discovered that 6 million more Americans fell into poverty in just the last three months…
A separate study by researchers at Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, found that 6 million people have slipped into poverty in the last three months, per the Times.
Our hearts should be breaking because of what is going on all over the country right now.
Millions upon millions of hard working people have lost their jobs and can’t find new ones. As a result, they have lost the comfortable middle class lifestyles that they once enjoyed and have now joined the ranks of the poor.
But the official government numbers don’t look that bad because millions of those people are not even categorized as “unemployed”. Instead, many of the workers that have lost their jobs during this pandemic have been thrown into a category that is called “not in the labor force”.
In order to have faith in the official government numbers, you have got to believe that more than 100 million working age Americans are “not in the labor force” because they don’t want to work.
It is such a sham. Why don’t we just put every single American that is not working into the “not in the labor force” category so that we can have 0.0 percent unemployment?
Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
Of course, the truth is that more Americans are being laid off with each passing day. Over the past few weeks, some of the most iconic companies in the entire nation have been letting workers go…
Further, companies have begun initiating layoffs on a trajectory similar to traditional recessions, economists said, as slowdowns in consumer demand (rather than state-mandated shutdowns) lead them to cut jobs or close for good. Companies such as Allstate, American Airlines, Disney, Royal Dutch Shell and United Airlines have each announced plans to cut thousands of workers in recent weeks.
Some parts of the country have been hit much harder than others by this economic downturn.
For instance, tourism has dried up almost completely in Las Vegas, and this week there have been more layoff announcements…
The Tropicana Las Vegas has given notice to 828 employees that they are being laid off beginning Thursday, Oct. 15. And layoffs at two Paris Las Vegas restaurants are coming soon as notices have been filed with the state. Mon Ami Gabi intends to lay off 96 employees, and the Eiffel Tower Restaurant will lay off 53 employees. Both moves are scheduled to happen on Dec. 16, and the layoffs will be permanent.
In the end, most of the jobs that have been lost in Las Vegas will never come back until the tourists return, and that is simply not going to be happening for the foreseeable future.
Next door, the state of California has been absolutely devastated by this crisis as well.
If you can believe it, one out of every four Californians received unemployment benefits between March and July. The state may have more billionaires than anywhere else in the country, but according to the U.S. Census Bureau it also has the highest poverty rate…
Home to 166 billionaires, who made over $235 billion since the beginning of the pandemic, the Golden State also has the highest poverty rate: 17.2% when adjusted for the cost of living, according to a recent Census Bureau analysis.
That means that almost one out of every five people in the entire state of California is living in poverty right now.
If this is what a “recovery” looks like, I would hate to see what the “bad times” are going to look like.
And without a doubt, economic conditions are definitely going to get worse than they are now.
So many families in California are just barely scraping by from month to month, and more of them are falling into poverty every day. In fact, even USA Today is admitting that “California’s middle class isn’t done shrinking”…
To many, the streets of the Bay Area are renowned for the enduring homelessness crisis as much as for the renowned tech giants of Silicon Valley. In-between, California’s middle class isn’t done shrinking; teachers, artists, waiters and gig workers are awaiting their fate, often one government program away from having to take a minimum-wage job — or lose their homes.
It is kind of ironic. Many of those who live in California like to lecture the rest of us about “wealthy inequality”, but it is worse in their state than anywhere else.
Those at the very, very top of the pyramid are thriving (for now), but meanwhile countless others are falling out of the middle class.
It is like a really perverse game of musical chairs. Every time the music stops, more people lose their seats and the middle class shrinks some more.
Sadly, I think that this process is going to accelerate even more in 2021, and that is really bad news for millions upon millions of middle class American families that are deeply struggling right now.
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Uncle Of Children Sick From Verizon 5G Tower Next To Home Fights To Prevent It Happening to Other Families

Last year Activist Post reported extensively about Sacramento children who became sick after Verizon installed a 5G tower next to their family ’ s home .
Their uncle , Noah Davidson , has been fighting tirelessly ever since so others don ’ t suffer the same fate .
Speaking Out on Electrosensitivity as 5G Expands SACRAMENTO , Calif. — As the march to install superfast 5G wireless service continues across the country , advocates for patients with electro-sensitivity are questioning the technology ’ s safety .
Noah Davidson of Sacramento began lobbying to have 5G antennas moved away from people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ five- and seven-year-old nieces got sick for two months straight , right after Verizon installed a 5G box on a light pole next to their home .
The family hired an expert to measure the radio-frequency levels .
“ He conducted some measurements and told us it was the highest indoor measurements that he ’ d ever recorded , ” Davidson claimed .
“ So , we ended up installing some shielding in the home , moving the kids into a back room .
And within a few days , their symptoms went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Federal Communications Commission ’ s guidance that there ’ s no scientific evidence linking radiation from cell phones to health problems in humans .
And 5G boxes do meet all legal standards .
Davidson wants the decades-old standards updated , saying the technology hasn ’ t been proven safe .
Cell antennas for 3G and 4G signals are typically mounted on towers 50 to 200 feet above ground .
But the 5G small cell boxes are more localized , generally placed every seven or eight houses , about 30 feet off the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany and an expert on RF radiation , said some people do fall ill when exposed to non-ionizing radiation from cell phones , smart meters , and components of the 5G cell sites , boxes that are now being installed across the nation .
“ There are a lot of people that get ringing in their ears or get headaches , and feel fatigued and their brain isn ’ t working quite right , that never think about the fact that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in their house , or the smart meter on the outside door , ” Carpenter explained .
A recent study from UC Irvine in the medical journal Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders finds extreme RF exposure can produce severe illness that mimics MS .
It looked at the case of 47-year-old Rick Garwood , a former cell phone tower technician from Southern California .
He was exposed to massive radiation amounts in 2011 , when a Verizon worker switched the towers back on after they ’ d been shut down for maintenance .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ permanent disability , suffering with nodules on his lungs and painful lesions on his brain , kidney and spinal cord .
“ The person I was , is gone , ” Garwood said .
“ I mean , I ’ ve lost everything in life .
I had to move back to my parent ’ s home .
I ’ m on permanent disability ; I went from an $ 80,000-a-year career to all of a sudden , I was on worker ’ s comp for four-and-a-half years .
And then they finally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to get any better . '
” Garwood sued , went to mediation , and received about a year ’ s pay .
The Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) is not a health or environmental agency .
They replaced the EPA as the regulatory body assigned to protect Americans from the telecom industry .
Unfortunately , they have catered to the telecom industry for decades and have become more dangerous since Trump was elected .
Despite research proving harm , they refuse to update 24-year-old federal RF radiation exposure guidelines .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for NOT protecting the public from unsafe levels of radiation as well as 5G deployment on land ( see 1 , 2 .
3 .
4 , 5 , 6 ) and in space ( see 1 , 2 ) There ARE studies that have already determined 5G is NOT safe .
Cities AND entire countries have taken action to ban , delay , halt , and limit installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums on deployment .
The majority of scientists worldwide oppose 5G until there are studies proving it isn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asked for a worldwide moratorium on deployment on Earth and in space ( see 1 , 2 ) .
However , health risks aren ’ t isolated to 5G exposure .
Last year the World Health Organization warned that high levels of Electromagnetic Fields ( aka “ Electrosmog ” ) could cause health issues in a significant percentage of the population .
There are credible doctors and scientists – including the American Academy of Pediatrics – who already insist that exposure to all sources of wireless radiation , including 5G , is harmful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The FCC still only seems interested in what industry-paid consultants have to say .
Activist Post reports regularly about 5G and other unsafe technology .
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By B.N. Frank
Last year Activist Post reported extensively about Sacramento children who became sick after Verizon installed a 5G tower next to their family’s home. Their uncle, Noah Davidson, has been fighting tirelessly ever since so others don’t suffer the same fate.
From Public News Service:
Speaking Out on Electrosensitivity as 5G Expands
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As the march to install superfast 5G wireless service continues across the country, advocates for patients with electro-sensitivity are questioning the technology’s safety.
Noah Davidson of Sacramento began lobbying to have 5G antennas moved away from people’s homes and offices because his five- and seven-year-old nieces got sick for two months straight, right after Verizon installed a 5G box on a light pole next to their home.
The family hired an expert to measure the radio-frequency levels.
“He conducted some measurements and told us it was the highest indoor measurements that he’d ever recorded,” Davidson claimed. “So, we ended up installing some shielding in the home, moving the kids into a back room. And within a few days, their symptoms went away.”
Verizon’s website quotes the Federal Communications Commission’s guidance that there’s no scientific evidence linking radiation from cell phones to health problems in humans. And 5G boxes do meet all legal standards.
Davidson wants the decades-old standards updated, saying the technology hasn’t been proven safe.
Cell antennas for 3G and 4G signals are typically mounted on towers 50 to 200 feet above ground. But the 5G small cell boxes are more localized, generally placed every seven or eight houses, about 30 feet off the ground.
Dr. David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany and an expert on RF radiation, said some people do fall ill when exposed to non-ionizing radiation from cell phones, smart meters, and components of the 5G cell sites, boxes that are now being installed across the nation.
“There are a lot of people that get ringing in their ears or get headaches, and feel fatigued and their brain isn’t working quite right, that never think about the fact that it may be coming from the Wi-Fi in their house, or the smart meter on the outside door,” Carpenter explained.
A recent study from UC Irvine in the medical journal Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders finds extreme RF exposure can produce severe illness that mimics MS.
It looked at the case of 47-year-old Rick Garwood, a former cell phone tower technician from Southern California. He was exposed to massive radiation amounts in 2011, when a Verizon worker switched the towers back on after they’d been shut down for maintenance.
Garwood said he’s now on permanent disability, suffering with nodules on his lungs and painful lesions on his brain, kidney and spinal cord.
“The person I was, is gone,” Garwood said. “I mean, I’ve lost everything in life. I had to move back to my parent’s home. I’m on permanent disability; I went from an $80,000-a-year career to all of a sudden, I was on worker’s comp for four-and-a-half years. And then they finally said, ‘You’re not going to get any better.'”
Garwood sued, went to mediation, and received about a year’s pay.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is not a health or environmental agency. They replaced the EPA as the regulatory body assigned to protect Americans from the telecom industry. Unfortunately, they have catered to the telecom industry for decades and have become more dangerous since Trump was elected. Despite research proving harm, they refuse to update 24-year-old federal RF radiation exposure guidelines. Lawsuits have been filed against the agency for NOT protecting the public from unsafe levels of radiation as well as 5G deployment on land (see 1, 2. 3. 4, 5, 6) and in space (see 1, 2)
There ARE studies that have already determined 5G is NOT safe. Cities AND entire countries have taken action to ban, delay, halt, and limit installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums on deployment. The majority of scientists worldwide oppose 5G until there are studies proving it isn’t unsafe. Doctors and scientists have also asked for a worldwide moratorium on deployment on Earth and in space (see 1, 2). However, health risks aren’t isolated to 5G exposure. Last year the World Health Organization warned that high levels of Electromagnetic Fields (aka “Electrosmog”) could cause health issues in a significant percentage of the population.
There are credible doctors and scientists – including the American Academy of Pediatrics – who already insist that exposure to all sources of wireless radiation, including 5G, is harmful (see also 1, 2). The FCC still only seems interested in what industry-paid consultants have to say.
Activist Post reports regularly about 5G and other unsafe technology. For more information visit our archives and the following websites.
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