Tracy Rosenberg
@twrling.bsky.social
Executive director of Media Alliance (https://media-alliance.org) and advocate with Oakland Privacy (https://oaklandprivacy.org). Journalism, communication rights, privacy, surveillance, transparency. And caramel ...
Fulton County judge drops #RICO racketeering charges against 61 anti #COPCity protesters. Charges of domestic terrorism against 5 protesters remain in place. atlantadailyworld.com/2025/12/31/f...
Fulton County Judge Officially Dismisses RICO Charges Against All 61 #StopCopCity Defendants
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr Failed to Obtain Constitutional Authority from Governor Brian Kemp to File Sweeping RICO Conspiracy Indictment More than three months after a pretrial hearing in th...
atlantadailyworld.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Fulton County judge drops #RICO racketeering charges against 61 anti #COPCity protesters. Charges of domestic terrorism against 5 protesters remain in place. atlantadailyworld.com/2025/12/31/f...
"You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” Biedermann wrote. The world has come a long way since the days of “All the President’s Men” and “Spotlight" #journalism www.propublica.org/article/prop...
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
"You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” Biedermann wrote. The world has come a long way since the days of “All the President’s Men” and “Spotlight" #journalism www.propublica.org/article/prop...
"As the agency upgrades its tools, it has also sent signals it wants to expand its mission from finding immigrants to tracing critics and stopping threats to its agents" #ICE www.politico.com/news/2025/12...?
ICE’s interest in high-tech gear raises new questions: ‘What is it for?’
The immigration agency’s surveillance tools and increased access to government databases draws privacy concerns.
www.politico.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
"As the agency upgrades its tools, it has also sent signals it wants to expand its mission from finding immigrants to tracing critics and stopping threats to its agents" #ICE www.politico.com/news/2025/12...?
In short, the Bay Guardian was right all along. #publicpower missionlocal.org/2025/12/pge-...
'Fire sale': S.F. moving to buy out PG&E — even, potentially, if PG&E says no
Public power: It’s not just for lefty conspiracy theorists anymore. Could San Francisco use eminent domain to break up with PG&E and municipalize electric service? It may yet try.
missionlocal.org
December 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In short, the Bay Guardian was right all along. #publicpower missionlocal.org/2025/12/pge-...
SF now has a Norfolk-style lawsuit contesting warrantless automated license plate reader use by cops to be unconstitutional. #ALPR www.courthousenews.com/san-francisc...
San Francisco man sues city, police department over Flock camera surveillance
Michael Moore argues San Francisco’s network of Flock automated license plate readers is unconstitutional and violates state law by sharing information with out-of-state law enforcement agencies.
www.courthousenews.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
SF now has a Norfolk-style lawsuit contesting warrantless automated license plate reader use by cops to be unconstitutional. #ALPR www.courthousenews.com/san-francisc...
If a landlord in #Oakland is not letting you use the #Internet provider you want, you can file a complaint under Oakland's Internet Choice ordinance right here. www.oaklandca.gov/My-Household...
Report Internet Choice Denial
Report and document the denial of Internet Choice to occupants of multi-unit buildings of 4 or more units.
www.oaklandca.gov
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If a landlord in #Oakland is not letting you use the #Internet provider you want, you can file a complaint under Oakland's Internet Choice ordinance right here. www.oaklandca.gov/My-Household...
Tomorrow is the first day you can tell 500+ data brokers to delete your personal information using the DROP system. #privacy privacy.ca.gov/drop/
Delete request and opt-out platform (DROP)
Protect your personal information. Data brokers collect, share, and sell your personal information. You can stop that from happening.
privacy.ca.gov
December 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Tomorrow is the first day you can tell 500+ data brokers to delete your personal information using the DROP system. #privacy privacy.ca.gov/drop/
The new #Flock OS cameras the Oakland Council forced through showed a feed of #children in a CA playground without their parents on the Internet. ""If you're depending on a for-profit tech startup to do that for you, they're just going to tell you what you want to hear" www.9news.com/article/news...
Douglas County's Flock camera compromised as company leaves it exposed on internet
A camera pointed at children on a swing set in California was one of 67 cameras found publicly livestreaming on the internet, 404 Media and Benn Jordan found.
www.9news.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The new #Flock OS cameras the Oakland Council forced through showed a feed of #children in a CA playground without their parents on the Internet. ""If you're depending on a for-profit tech startup to do that for you, they're just going to tell you what you want to hear" www.9news.com/article/news...
1/ #Flock left livestreams and administrator control panels for at least 60 of its AI-enabled Condor #cameras around the country exposed to the open #internet, www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
1/ #Flock left livestreams and administrator control panels for at least 60 of its AI-enabled Condor #cameras around the country exposed to the open #internet, www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Some of this year's most banned books are classics from Morrison, Alexie, Atwood, Angelou and Blume, some are newer additions to the list. #bannedbooks pen.org/top-52-banne...?
Top 52 Banned Books: The Most Banned Books in U.S. Schools
The 52 most banned books of the last four school years include National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winners.
pen.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Some of this year's most banned books are classics from Morrison, Alexie, Atwood, Angelou and Blume, some are newer additions to the list. #bannedbooks pen.org/top-52-banne...?
"It’s also the site of a worsening environmental crisis marked by billions of gallons of #wastewater that have spilled annually over the international border in recent years, the byproduct of #Tijuana’s urban and industrial growth fueled in part by U.S. trade policies" inewsource.org/2025/12/19/h...
HOME SICK: How chronic illness defines life near the Tijuana River
inewsource interviewed 100 people in San Diego’s South Bay communities about how pollution from sewage spills is making some people sick.
inewsource.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"It’s also the site of a worsening environmental crisis marked by billions of gallons of #wastewater that have spilled annually over the international border in recent years, the byproduct of #Tijuana’s urban and industrial growth fueled in part by U.S. trade policies" inewsource.org/2025/12/19/h...
FCC bans foreign made #drones going forward from US sales, including DJI which is currently the market leader. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
FCC bans foreign-made drones over national security, spying concerns
The ruling will hit Chinese drone-maker DJI the hardest.
www.politico.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
FCC bans foreign made #drones going forward from US sales, including DJI which is currently the market leader. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
"Hoang, a married father of six, died nine days later in a death that was kept secret for weeks by the Hayward Police Department" #Tasers www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/12/19/f...?
Family sues over death of Hayward Marine veteran who was tased, given controversial sedative
Nathan Hoang’s death was kept secret for weeks until being uncovered by the Bay Area News Group.
www.eastbaytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Hoang, a married father of six, died nine days later in a death that was kept secret for weeks by the Hayward Police Department" #Tasers www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/12/19/f...?
"What we are seeing here is a group of local citizens who are raising concerns that we could be potentially surveilling private citizens, residents and visitors and using the data for nefarious purposes". #flock augustafreepress.com/news/staunto...
Staunton cancels Flock contract, doesn't agree with CEO's ideology
Staunton has announced that it will end its contract with Flock Safety and remove all automated license plate readers installed in the city.
augustafreepress.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"What we are seeing here is a group of local citizens who are raising concerns that we could be potentially surveilling private citizens, residents and visitors and using the data for nefarious purposes". #flock augustafreepress.com/news/staunto...
"The informant gets paid, the FBI gets a good headline that justifies their anti-terrorism budget, and the defendants are left to face the consequences, often without ever posing a real threat to public safety" theintercept.com/2025/12/16/f...
Longtime Paid FBI Informant Was Instrumental in Terror Case Against “Turtle Island Liberation Front”
Kash Patel touted the FBI’s investigative work against the “Turtle Island Liberation Front,” whose YouTube channel has 18 followers. A paid FBI informant did a heavy lift.
theintercept.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"The informant gets paid, the FBI gets a good headline that justifies their anti-terrorism budget, and the defendants are left to face the consequences, often without ever posing a real threat to public safety" theintercept.com/2025/12/16/f...
NYC ethnic and community #media outlets call on incoming mayor Mamdani to recommit to running 50% of government advertising and announcements in their publications. CA has also flirted with, although not enacted, such a law. www.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/12/ccm-...
Community and Ethic Media Outlets Call on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to Restore Advertising Lifeline - Newmark J-School
New York, NY, December 18, 2025 – Fifty-one ethnic and community media outlets, who publish in 14 different languages, have issued an urgent appeal to
www.journalism.cuny.edu
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
NYC ethnic and community #media outlets call on incoming mayor Mamdani to recommit to running 50% of government advertising and announcements in their publications. CA has also flirted with, although not enacted, such a law. www.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/12/ccm-...
Help our friends (and fiscal sponsees) at On Spec Podcast report out this important story this giving season. #immigration #women chuffed.org/project/onsp...
The “Sex for Residency” Scandal: Help us document sexual abuse survivors' fight for justice
He’s talking to a migrant woman – she argues with him, then stands still. The agent shoves her into a corner against the wall and sexually abuses her, knowing there’s a camera filming the abuse. The m...
chuffed.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Help our friends (and fiscal sponsees) at On Spec Podcast report out this important story this giving season. #immigration #women chuffed.org/project/onsp...
"Lawmakers pushing to age-gate sites are actively putting people in danger and are using ‘protecting kids’ as a crutch to obfuscate f the fact that they refuse to hold companies that are profiting off our information accountable" #ageverification #civilrights www.techpolicy.press/age-verifica...
Age Verification Is Locking Trans People Out of the Internet | TechPolicy.Press
Experts tell Dia Kayyali and Jasmine Mithani that age verification, sold as a fix for kids’ online safety, expands surveillance and deepens discrimination.
www.techpolicy.press
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Lawmakers pushing to age-gate sites are actively putting people in danger and are using ‘protecting kids’ as a crutch to obfuscate f the fact that they refuse to hold companies that are profiting off our information accountable" #ageverification #civilrights www.techpolicy.press/age-verifica...
News Media Help Desk is a new online resource to help start-up local newsrooms with advice and guidance and support. #journalism www.newsmediahelpdesk.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
News Media Help Desk is a new online resource to help start-up local newsrooms with advice and guidance and support. #journalism www.newsmediahelpdesk.org
China finds Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai guilty of endangering national security for pro-democracy activism. " “This is a perfect example of how the national security law has been weaponized against someone who essentially said stuff that they didn’t like.” #hongKong apnews.com/article/hong...
Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court.
apnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
China finds Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai guilty of endangering national security for pro-democracy activism. " “This is a perfect example of how the national security law has been weaponized against someone who essentially said stuff that they didn’t like.” #hongKong apnews.com/article/hong...
"According to DOJ insiders, agency political appointees dispatched teams of career civil rights lawyers to CA pressuring them to rapidly “find” evidence backingthat the UC system and four of its campuses had illegally tolerated antisemitism #University #civilrights www.propublica.org/article/ucla...
Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence that UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"According to DOJ insiders, agency political appointees dispatched teams of career civil rights lawyers to CA pressuring them to rapidly “find” evidence backingthat the UC system and four of its campuses had illegally tolerated antisemitism #University #civilrights www.propublica.org/article/ucla...
“It appears to us that this is a cover-up,” Armstrong said. “I don’t care how low [the levels are], we still want to know.” #Navy #plutonium #HuntersPoint www.kqed.org/science/1999...
Navy Apologizes for 11-Month Delay in Reporting Radioactive Material at Hunters Point | KQED
The U.S. Navy apologized to city leaders on Monday for waiting almost a year before disclosing that the agency found radioactive plutonium at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.
www.kqed.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“It appears to us that this is a cover-up,” Armstrong said. “I don’t care how low [the levels are], we still want to know.” #Navy #plutonium #HuntersPoint www.kqed.org/science/1999...
"While defendants asked them to contest the prosecution’s evidence, to interview witnesses, to do anything, to challenge law enforcement’s narrative, they ushered them to plea deals instead, averaging just one jury trial for every 1,500 cases". #publicdefender calmatters.org/investigatio...
The WalMart of public defense: How justice goes to the lowest bidder in rural California
The Ciummo firm has become the face of the privatization of California’s public defense. Even their courtroom adversaries wish they’d put up more of a fight.
calmatters.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"While defendants asked them to contest the prosecution’s evidence, to interview witnesses, to do anything, to challenge law enforcement’s narrative, they ushered them to plea deals instead, averaging just one jury trial for every 1,500 cases". #publicdefender calmatters.org/investigatio...
Investigation shows that LA's biggest #apartment rental companies avoid renting to #Section8 #renters. capitalandmain.com/how-some-of-...
How Some of L.A.’s Biggest Apartment Owners Avoid Section 8 Tenants
Capital & Main investigated seven of the city’s largest rental property owners and found most skirted anti-discrimination laws. Here’s how each landlord fared.
capitalandmain.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Investigation shows that LA's biggest #apartment rental companies avoid renting to #Section8 #renters. capitalandmain.com/how-some-of-...
Local Bay Area radio station #KCBS had to self-censor after the #FCC started bullying them for reporting on ICE presence in the Bay Area. ‘Chilling effect’ does not begin to describe the neutering of our political coverage". apnews.com/article/trum...
How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration's assault on media
Six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local immigration raids.
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Local Bay Area radio station #KCBS had to self-censor after the #FCC started bullying them for reporting on ICE presence in the Bay Area. ‘Chilling effect’ does not begin to describe the neutering of our political coverage". apnews.com/article/trum...