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Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike

dimanche 23 avril 2017 à 02:00

Palestinians in prisons in Israel have started a hunger strike to demand that Israel allow them family visits according to its laws.

Holding Palestinians from the West Bank prisoner outside the West Bank (for instance, in Israel) violates the Geneva Conventions.

Spyware on phones

dimanche 23 avril 2017 à 02:00

Hundreds of thousands of people have installed spyware on the phones of other people they know, to track their movements and actions.

I think it is wrong to do this to your own children. It is like putting them in a prison.

Bias taken on by AIs

dimanche 23 avril 2017 à 02:00

AIs that work by trained neural nets, rather than full understanding, take on bias embodied by the connotations of words that they use.

The only known way to avoid this effect is via human-level intelligence.

Military rule in Thailand

dimanche 23 avril 2017 à 02:00

The military rulers of Thailand have declared that mocking them is a crime.

Freedom of speech includes the right to criticize, offend, insult, even mock anyone (and any group, organization, practice or belief).

Please don't visit Thailand for tourism.

Zika in Puerto Rico

dimanche 23 avril 2017 à 02:00

Puerto Rico is covering up the birth defects caused by Zika by piecemeal denial.