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US: The CLASSICS Act

mardi 10 avril 2018 à 02:00

The CLASSICS Act would retroactively put copyright on old phonograph records, attacking our rights.

We need to reduce copyright power, not increase it.

US census bureau immigrants

mardi 10 avril 2018 à 02:00

The US census bureau is conducting a dry-run in a town in Rhode Island, and it appears intended to undercount immigrants.

https://theintercept.com/2018/03/31/census-2020-citizenship-question-providence-immigrants/

Date rape drug detection

mardi 10 avril 2018 à 02:00

A new napkin changes color when exposed to date-rape drugs. This should make it possible for people to verify attempts to drug them.

Pushing the disabled into debt

mardi 10 avril 2018 à 02:00

Cutting aid funds for the disabled in Britain is supposed to give them an incentive to do the impossible. Naturally, it has only pushed them into debt and hunger.

I cannot believe that Tories believe what they say about this. I have to conclude that they consciously intend to reduce poor people to serfdom, like US Republicans.

HSBC whistleblower

mardi 10 avril 2018 à 02:00

Whistleblower Hervé Falciani exposed crimes at HSBC. It was against Swiss law to expose the crimes. Now in Spain, he faces possible extradition to Switzerland and possible imprisonment.

This despite the fact that a Spanish court already ruled against extraditing him.

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