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Surveillance voyager

samedi 20 novembre 2021 à 23:06

A company tries to prejudge who is a criminal, or an extremist, or whatever, or will become one of those things, based on people's Facebook social links.

The people that you communicate with on line tend to influence your actions. Therefore, trying to predict what you will do (for instance, commit crimes or not) based on such links ought to be more accurate than chance.

Nonetheless, it is wrong to prejudge people that way. We have to judge people based on what they actually do, not based on what they seemed likely to do.

Power to cancel someone's citizenship

samedi 20 novembre 2021 à 22:56

The Tories want to give the British state the power to cancel someone's qcitizenship without even informing the person.

The victim would learn of this arbitrary act when trying to enter the UK.

AI surveillance

samedi 20 novembre 2021 à 13:16

*AI surveillance takes U.S. prisons by storm.*

Journalists' visas

samedi 20 novembre 2021 à 13:16

The US and China made a reciprocal deal about journalists' visas.

I think it is wrong for the US to require journalists to get special visas. If you are allowed to be in the US, you should be allowed to publish about what you see here.

At least, that should be the case for countries that have the same rules for Americans.

Legalize deforestation

samedi 20 novembre 2021 à 13:16

*Brazil’s Amazon beef plan will "legalize deforestation," say critics.*