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Teamsters Union Launches ‘Largest Strike Against Amazon in US History’
“We are fighting against a vicious union-busting campaign, and we are going to win,” said one Amazon warehouse worker. The Teamsters launched what the…
Day: <span>December 19, 2024</span>
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Democrats Urge Federal Agencies to Abandon Use of Facial Recognition
“Facial recognition tools pose a serious threat to the public’s civil liberties and privacy rights, and Clearview AI’s product is particularly dangerous,” warn four…
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Cantwell Delay of FCC Confirmation Called ‘Gift to AT&T’
“With Sen. Cantwell caving to unreasonable demands from opponents to Sohn, we’re going to see a hearing full of political posturing that serves no…
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How About We Don’t Ever Put Surveillance Robot Dogs on the US Border
These machines—some of which can be fixed with weaponry—are less cute-video or selfie fodder and more of a civil liberties-invading hellhound. On February 1,…
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Technology Is Not the Answer to Our Many Human and Ecological Crises
From Ladakh and Bhutan to Sweden and Australia, a clear pattern has emerged: as people are pushed into deepening dependence on large-scale, technological systems,…
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‘Fighting Back Works!’ IRS Ditches Pilloried Facial Recognition Plan
Federal lawmakers joined with advocacy groups that argued requiring biometric information to access records online is a “creepy and disturbing strike” at privacy and…