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01/29/21Under Federal Law, Can Your Employer Make You Get the COVID Vaccine?
States and employers, under federal law, can’t mandate emergency use products such as the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines. But that doesn’t mean some won’t try.
05/18/21Federal Law Prohibits Mandates of Emergency Use COVID Vaccines, Tests, Masks — 3 Resources You Can Use to Inform Your School or Employer
Under federal law, employers and universities cannot legally mandate COVID vaccines because they are unlicensed Emergency Use Authorization products which are, by definition, experimental.
11/13/23From Smart Toasters to Fitness Collars for Dogs — Who’s Listening in on Your Conversations?
We live in a world where everything around us is gradually being connected to the internet and fitted with sensors so that we can interact with them online. What are the privacy risks — and what can we do about them?
08/08/23Exclusive: Ohio Nurse Diagnosed With Transverse Myelitis After COVID Vaccine Sues Former Employer
An Ohio nurse permanently injured by Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine after her employer threatened her with the loss of health benefits if she refused to be vaccinated is suing her former employer and Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, alleging her vaccine injuries were work-related.
11/21/22875 Vaccine-Related Bills Filed in 44 States — What’s Happening in Your State?
During the 2022 legislative session, National Vaccine Information Center analyzed, tracked and issued positions on an unprecedented 875 vaccine-related bills in 44 states and the District of Columbia.
11/21/22Apple Says Your iPhone’s Usage Data is Anonymous, New Tests Say That’s Not True + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance. The views expressed in the excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender.
10/11/22Even Kaiser Admits It — Your Risk of Getting COVID Increases With Each Shot
Is Kaiser Permanente, which is both an insurance company and a healthcare provider company, starting to worry about the amount of excess illness it’s seeing?
09/16/22Customs Officials Have Copied Americans’ Phone Data at Massive Scale + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance.
09/08/22Senior Facebook Engineers Say No One at the Company Knows Where Your Data Is Kept + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance.
08/10/22There’s No ‘Reset Password’ for Your DNA + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance.
06/24/22Roe v. Wade Overturned: Here’s How Tech Companies and Internet Users Can Protect Privacy + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance.
06/22/22Your Health Data Might Be for Sale + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance.
06/14/22You Agreed to What? Doctor Check-In Software Harvests Your Health Data + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance.
05/16/22Could Your Period-Tracking App Be Used Against You?
Millions of women use period-tracking apps to plan ahead, track when they are ovulating and monitor other health effects, but since the Supreme Court signaled Roe v. Wade would be overturned, some privacy experts recommend deleting all personal data from the apps.
05/04/22Is Your Boss Spying on You? Use of ‘Bossware’ Surged During Pandemic.
Employee monitoring software, known as “bossware,” can log keystrokes, note websites visited, capture screenshots, record mouse movements, and activate webcams or microphones.
04/14/22Gone Phishing: How Hackers Use Your Digital Footprints to Commit Financial Fraud
One of the most successful forms of phishing attacks are business email compromise attacks, where attackers pose as people with legitimate business relationships to initiate fraudulent financial transactions.
03/30/22Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Cancer, Study Shows
A study released this month shows a link between artificial sweeteners and cancer, even after controlling for factors known to contribute to cancer, including age, weight gain, physical activity and family history of cancer.
03/16/22Unvaccinated Yankees and Mets Can’t Play at Home Under Current NYC Rules + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance.
03/10/22How NIH Got Forbes to Cancel Me After I Wrote About Fauci
In January 2021, Adam Andrzejewski, founder of OpenTheBooks.com, wrote a factual article about Dr. Anthony Fauci in which he pointed out that Fauci is the highest-paid U.S. government employee. After the National Institutes of Health complained, Forbes terminated Andrzejewski’s regular column.
03/07/22Glyphosate: What It Is, Where It Is … and What You Can Do About It
Scientists now link glyphosate to a number of human health problems, from cancer and neurological diseases to endocrine disruption and birth defects, but the full range of glyphosate’s health effects remains unknown.
12/08/21Can Your Landlord Evict You for Not Getting a COVID Vaccine?
In our opinion, a person cannot be evicted or denied housing based on their vaccine status. Doing so invades the fundamental right of privacy, the right to make medical decisions for their family and ultimately interferes with their medical freedom.
10/28/21Mom Faced With Impossible Choice: Take the Jab or Lose Your Job
On the latest episode of CHD.TV’s “What’s Your View?” Jasmine Miller, a nursing assistant, told host Sumayyah Simone what it’s been like since she was forced to choose between her job and the COVID vaccine.
10/20/21‘This Week’ With Mary + Polly: ‘This Is Not About Your Freedom or Health’ + More
In “This Week” with Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense president, and Polly Tommey, co-producer of “Vaxxed,” Mary and Polly discuss the latest COVID vaccine news.
10/04/21As Americans Lose Jobs Over Vaccine Mandates, Our Democracy Is Under Attack
Those who resist vaccination are increasingly at risk of losing their right to free speech and the freedom to decide what medicines are injected into their bodies.
09/30/21Your Voice Matters: State Legislatures Reject All Proposed COVID Vaccine Mandates
According to the National Vaccine Information Center 2021 Annual Report, the only COVID vaccine mandates enacted so far were created by state governors, state or local officials or by private employers.
09/10/21Biden Orders ‘Sweeping,’ ‘Unprecedented’ Vaccine Mandates for Millions of Americans, Politicians Vow to Fight Back
President Biden on Thursday laid out a plan to boost vaccination numbers that includes vaccine mandates for all federal contractors, healthcare workers and businesses with more than 100 employees — who face thousands in fines if they don’t comply.
08/30/21Here’s Why No One Can Force You to Take Pfizer’s Newly ‘Approved’ Comirnaty Vaccine
When the FDA announced full approval of Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID vaccine, the media predicted an avalanche of mandates — but the FDA’s own Fact Sheet for the vaccine states it is “your choice to receive or not receive” the vaccine.
08/23/21‘Don’t Operate From a Place of Fear … Do Your Own Research’: Panelists Respond to Questions About ‘VAXXED II’
Children’s Health Defense last week hosted a live Q&A session during which a team of panelists responded to questions from viewers of “VAXXED II: The People’s Truth.”
08/10/21Amid Growing Calls for Vaccine Mandates, Employers and Employees Weigh Options
It’s not just businesses, the federal government and the military — the push is also on to mandate COVID vaccines for school children, despite evidence showing the benefits don’t outweigh the risks.
08/04/21Amazon Will Give You $10 for Your Palm Print + More
The Defender’s Big Brother NewsWatch brings you the latest headlines related to governments’ abuse of power, including attacks on democracy, civil liberties and use of mass surveillance.