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Facial recognition for police use

dimanche 14 février 2021 à 01:00

*Minneapolis poised to ban facial recognition for police use.*

That's just the first step! Systematic face recognition should be banned for all use aside from a few limited exceptions.

Asylum seekers allowed to wait in the US

dimanche 14 février 2021 à 01:00

Biden has allowed asylum seekers to wait in the US, those that the bully forced to wait for a decision in Mexico instead.

Proctorio

dimanche 14 février 2021 à 01:00

Proctorio is such a proktos that, when students analyze its nastyware, it forbids them to run its software. Which software is nominally required to pass courses at many benighted schools.

I urge students to organize to demand a way to take the exam without using their own computers.

Facebook's dangerous censorship

dimanche 14 février 2021 à 01:00

*Facebook might censor criticism of Zionists. That’s dangerous.*

Blocking Hong Kongers from leaving Hong Kong

dimanche 14 février 2021 à 01:00

China plans to arbitrarily block Hong Kongers from leaving Hong Kong. Presumably it would do this to stop people from emigrating.

The Soviet Union used to require citizens to get exit visas to be allowed to leave that country. The assumption was that most people, if they could ever get out, would not return. Does China do this nowadays?

Another tactic used by the Soviet Union was to use relatives of hostages: you would not be allowed to leave unless some of your family stayed home. I expect to see this in Hong Kong too.