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Be Informed NationalSeptember 12, 2025

Using TikTok: What It Collects and Why It Matters

TikTok isn’t just a video app—it’s a massive data collector. From device details to viewing habits and even biometrics, the platform gathers far more than many realize. U.S. and European regulators have raised alarms over how that data may

Be Informed CrimeSeptember 11, 2025

Violent Censorship and What Real Fascism Looks Like

Charlie Kirk’s assassination was not the act of a dictator’s decree but of a bullet meant to silence free speech. This is violent censorship in its rawest form — the tools of fascism used outside of government power. Real fascism is an Amer

Be Informed CrimeSeptember 10, 2025

Solving Vermont’s Deposit-and-Ghost Contractor Scams

After a Vermont judge tossed the 2015 “home-improvement fraud” statute for coercing work, homeowners weren’t left naked. Prosecutors can still charge plain fraud (false pretenses) and embezzlement of diverted construction trust funds—then c

Be Informed NationalSeptember 9, 2025

Do Voter ID Laws Suppress or Protect?

The Brennan Center’s 2006 survey claimed 21 million Americans lacked ID, but the reality is far less dramatic. Later GAO studies and recent elections show only modest turnout effects from voter ID laws, while hundreds of thousands of ballot