civil liberties
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American Cops Turns to Canadian Phone-Tracking Firm After Infamous ‘Stingrays’ Become ‘Obsolete’
Law enforcement agencies across the United States are scrambling to secure funding for new mobile phone-tracking equipment after the maker of the controversial “Stingray” device quietly announced last year it would no longer sell equipment directly to local law enforcement.
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Berkeley Becomes Fourth U.S. City To Ban Face Recognition In Unanimous Vote
Berkeley, California became the fourth U.S. city to pass a ban on all government use of facial recognition technology on Wednesday following a unanimous yes vote by the City Council.
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Leading U.S. Civil Rights Groups Call Facebook’s Latest Internal Audit ‘Woefully Inadequate’ To Address Hate
Facebook on Monday issued the first major update of 2019 on the progress of its ongoing civil rights audit, spurred more a year ago by a sharp upsurge in criticism over its permissive policies toward hateful and abusive content directed at people of colour and religious minorities. However, many civil rights leaders directly involved in…