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Jailing the opposition

lundi 7 juin 2021 à 02:00

Uganda's president has jailed hundreds of the opposition after his "reelection."

For the People Act

lundi 7 juin 2021 à 02:00

Manchin has effectively killed the For the People Act.

This means nothing can be done to stop Republicans from stealing the next election at the level of various states.

UK asylum requests

lundi 7 juin 2021 à 02:00

UK officials told asylum seekers in immigration jails that complaining about the conditions there would jeopardize their asylum requests.

Protesters trapped and besieged

lundi 7 juin 2021 à 02:00

A 3D model of the movements of protesters in Charlotte, a year ago, as well as the thugs who had surrounded them, demonstrates that thugs intentionally trapped and besieged the protesters.

Then they attacked the trapped protesters with tear gas and other weapons.

Monitoring by means of AI-based surveillance

lundi 7 juin 2021 à 02:00

Computerized systems to monitor old people, perhaps partly demented, for their safety, work by means of AI-based surveillance, and their actions can feel oppressive to the people they "help".

However, the problem goes deeper: they contain proprietary software, so neither the people to be "served" nor the people who install the system have real control over it.

In particular, they can't be sure which sorts of events are being observed and reported to companies by the system, and used to profile or manipulate people.

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