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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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NAFTA and fossil fuels

jeudi 26 avril 2018 à 02:00

The existing NAFTA forces continued fossil fuel dependence in several ways. The new one could do the same; it could even be worse.

Using data from commercial sites

jeudi 26 avril 2018 à 02:00

The campaign for Britain to leave the EU took data from commercial sites without asking or informing the users.

The site's excuse is that its non-privacy policy said it might do this. A web site should not be able to make that lawful merely by stating its intentions — there should be strict limits on releasing personal data.

But that should not matter for a price comparison site, because it should not find out anything about its visitors.

Deregulation of work

jeudi 26 avril 2018 à 02:00

The World Bank wants even more deregulation of work — thus, worse conditions and lower pay.

Phony scientific organization

jeudi 26 avril 2018 à 02:00

The "National Association of Scholars" is a phony scientific organization set up to promote global heating denialism.

Southwest Airlines safety

jeudi 26 avril 2018 à 02:00

In 2016, a Southwest Airlines flight suffered an engine failure due to a cracked fan blade. In 2017, Southwest Airlines opposed making an NTSB rule requiring more frequent inspections of the fan blades.

A week ago, another cracked fan blade made an engine explode, and one passenger died as a result.