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Facebook Users Liable for All Comments Under Their Posts According to Australia High Court
Australia’s High Court, roughly the equivalent of the U.S. Supreme Court, has ruled that Facebook users are responsible for the content of complete strangers who post defamatory comments on their posts. The ruling upholds a June 2019 ruling by the Supreme Court of New South Wales, home to Australia’s largest city of Sydney. And it…
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Government Watchdog Finds Most U.S. Agencies Don’t Even Know Which Face Recognition Systems They Use
Despite the fact that more than a dozen federal agencies regularly use facial recognition tech, there’s hardly any oversight into the systems these agencies use. That’s according to a new report out Tuesday from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), a federal watchdog agency that offers congresspeople investigative support.
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Record the Police
A police officer is a convicted murderer in America today because a teenager recorded that police officer murdering a man in broad daylight and shared the video with the world.
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Why a Harlem Activist’s Decades-Long Fight for Environmental Justice Matters More Than Ever
Environmental justice may seem to some like a new buzzword that has arisen in recent years as we reckon with climate change and racial bias. But five minutes talking to Peggy Shepard can set you straight.