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"Criminal insult" charge

mercredi 16 décembre 2015 à 01:00

An MP in Zimbabwe faces charges of "criminal insult" against strongman Mugabe's wife.

The Paris commitments

mercredi 16 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Claim No Easy Victories. Paris Was a Failure, But a Climate Justice Movement Is Rising.

Is it rising faster than the temperature?

If the world takes them seriously, the Paris commitments could shrink the fossil fuel industry and avoid global disaster.

But the fossil fuel industry is still strong and still working to stop governments from carrying out those commitments properly.

"Sarcastic" statement a crime in Thailand

mercredi 16 décembre 2015 à 01:00

In Thailand, even a "sarcastic" statement about the king's dog is a crime.

Don't go to Thailand unless you have an urgent mission for some very good cause.

Mexican newspapers

mercredi 16 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Drug trafficking gangs order Mexican newspapers what to say about drug issues.

Algorithms derived from "big data"

mercredi 16 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Algorithms derived from "big data" can come to implement racial discrimination because the data reflect the results of discrimination.

The article takes a foolish, naive attitude to companies that collect data about people, in effect believing their claims that they use it only to "serve you better", and neglecting the danger that it becomes available to others such as crackers and Big Brother. But even though they ignore the principal injustices of collecting data about you, their point about another injustice in the use of the data is important.