For many Reno residents, the sight of a camera mounted on a pole above a city street had become a quiet source of unease long before they knew the name of the company behind it. That unease turned into relief this week when city officials decided to end Reno’s contract with Flock Safety, the automated license plate reader company that has drawn sharp criticism from civil liberties advocates across the country. City Manager Jackie Bryant told the mayor and city council on Thursday that the city would not renew its Flock agreement, and that it would not continue working with…

The recent proposal to strip South African citizenship from citizens who speak critically of the government while abroad has sparked a significant defense of constitutional values. This idea, floated by Supra Mahumapelo, who chairs Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation, has been met with strong condemnation from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). The proposal suggests that legislation should be introduced to allow the state to revoke citizenship from those who spread what is labeled as misinformation on the international stage. The concern is not merely hypothetical, as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has…