Archiv: San Francisco (city)


17.04.2024 - 07:47 [ Middle East Eye ]

Aerial footage from ABC7 News shows pro-Palestine protesters shutting down Highway 101 on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, blocking traffic and calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on Monday. Protesters could be seen carrying banners reading, “Stop the World for Gaza” and “End the siege on Gaza now.”

According to the California Highway Patrol, protesters used their vehicles to chain themselves, resulting in approximately 20 arrests. Lanes began reopening shortly after noon.

17.11.2023 - 08:49 [ JVP Bay Area / Twitter ]

NOW ON THE BAY BRIDGE Dozens are shutting the bridge down during commute hours, DEMANDING a ceasefire in Gaza while Biden is here in San Francisco. No Gaza genocide, no more bombing, stop killing children.

17.11.2023 - 08:45 [ Palestinian Youth Movement / Twitter ]

BREAKING: Bay Area residents have SHUT DOWN the Bay Bridge to demand ceasefire while @POTUS Biden visits San Francisco. #BayArea #CeasefireNow #BidenHarrisCeasefireNOW #APEC

17.11.2023 - 08:36 [ CODEPINK / Twitter ]

NO GALA FOR GENOCIDE! Last night, as Biden visited San Francisco for the APEC Summit, attendees were forced to step over bodies symbolizing the 11,000+ Gazans who have been murdered by U.S. weapons recently. #No2APEC

14.10.2020 - 21:38 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

San Francisco Supervisors Must Rein In SFPD’s Abuse of Surveillance Cameras

But from May 31 to June 7—when over 10,000 people came together in the streets of San Francisco to call for an end to police lawlessness and murder with impunity—the SFPD violated that surveillance ordinance to spy on protesters. EFF uncovered and revealed this unlawful surveillance.

09.10.2020 - 00:39 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ]

Activists Sue San Francisco for Wide-Ranging Surveillance of Black-Led Protests Against Police Violence

Local activists sued San Francisco today over the city police department’s illegal use of a network of more than 400 non-city surveillance cameras to spy on them and thousands of others who protested as part of the Black-led movement against police violence.

01.08.2020 - 21:38 [ Haaretz ]

Israelis From San Francisco to Berlin Join anti-Netanyahu Protests

“We’re supporting and joining our sisters and brothers in Israel who stand up for Israeli democracy.”

28.07.2020 - 18:41 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

San Francisco Police Accessed Business District Camera Network to Spy on Protestors

The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) conducted mass surveillance of protesters at the end of May and in early June using a downtown business district‘s camera network, according to new records obtained by EFF. The records show that SFPD received real-time live access to hundreds of cameras as well as a „data dump“ of camera footage amid the ongoing demonstrations against police violence.

28.07.2020 - 18:32 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

San Francisco Polizei überwachte Proteste mit privatem Kameranetzwerk

Im letzten Jahr hat der Stadtrat von San Francisco eine international beachtete Verordnung gegen Überwachungstechnologie verabschiedet. Diese erschwert die städtische Anschaffung von Überwachungstechnologien und verbietet Gesichtserkennung.

Gegen diese Verordnung hat nun die Polizei von San Francisco (SFPD) offenbar verstoßen, hat die Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) herausgefunden. Während der Proteste gegen Polizeigewalt und Rassismus hat das SFPD auf mehrere hundert Kameras im Union-Square-Bezirk der Stadt über mehrere Tage Echtzeit-Zugriff gehabt. Außerdem hat sich die Behörde eine Kopie aller Kameraaufzeichnung in einem 12-Stundenzeitraum Ende Mai geben lassen.

02.05.2020 - 00:37 [ NBC ]

May Day Protesters to Rally for Reopening of San Francisco

He vows to defy the stay at home order Friday and open up his shop.

“I’m going to stand my ground,” Desmarais said. „I was a former law enforcement officer. I understand what they have to do but I’m an American I also feel I have rights.“

06.03.2020 - 21:17 [ theIntercept.com ]

Nancy Pelosi to Receive First Genuine Left-Wing Challenge in 30 Years

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will face a spirited challenge from activist and attorney Shahid Buttar in the November general election.

Buttar represents a unique, if unlikely challenge to Pelosi, the most powerful elected Democrat in the country and 33-year incumbent for San Francisco’s congressional seat. On Tuesday, Pelosi took 72.5 percent of the vote in California’s 12th Congressional District. Under the state’s unique primary system — where the top-two vote-getters in the primary make it to the general election, even if they belong to the same party — Buttar’s 12.7 percent was enough to get him on the November ballot.

16.05.2019 - 16:11 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

San Francisco erschwert Anschaffung von Überwachungstechnologien und verbietet Gesichtserkennung

Der Stadtrat von San Francisco hat in einer wegweisenden Verordnung die Anschaffung von Überwachungstechnologie für städtische Behörden erschwert. Diese müssen darlegen, wie die Privatsphäre beeinträchtigt wird und den Einsatz regelmäßig evaluieren. Die Verordnung verbietet zudem den Einsatz von Gesichtserkennung.

16.05.2019 - 16:01 [ Aaron Peskin, San Francisco Supervisor ‏/ Twitter ]

The success of San Francisco’s #FacialRecognition ban is owed to a vast grassroots coalition that has advocated for similar policies around the Bay Area for years. Thanks to @ACLU_NorCal @SecureJustice @CAIRSFBA @ColorOfChange @mediajustice and so many others who fought for this.

16.05.2019 - 15:56 [ TicToc by Bloomberg / Twitter ]

„It‘s psychologically unhealthy,“ says Supervisor @AaronPeskin San Francisco has become the first U.S. city to ban police use of facial recognition tech