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Shocking: Financial Committee Republicans Put Big Bank Donors Before Consumers in Vote to Block Credit Card Late Fee Cap https://accountable.us/financial-committee-republicans-put-big-bank-donors-before-consumers-in-vote-to-block-credit-card-late-fee-cap/... Read more

Boston Dynamics robot is pure nightmare fuel https://mashable.com/video/new-boston-dynamics-robot-electric-atlas https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/boston-dynamics-atlas-humanoid-robot-goes-electric/ Activists, Harvard Students Disrupt Chinese Ambassador’s Speech Over Human Rights... Read more

National Labor Board Under Corporate Attack https://www.promarket.org/2024/04/09/corporate-attacks-against-the-national-labor-relations-board-could-break-the-government/ NRLB Chief Counsel Calls Out Corporate Legal Tactics https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/11/top-us-labor-lawyer-calls-out-corporate-legal-tactics/... Read more

Knightscope's Dystopian Vision On The Future Of Robotic Policing https://www.activistpost.com/2024/04/knightscopes-dystopian-vision-for-the-future-of-robot-police.html How AI risks creating a ‘black box’ at the heart of US legal system "AI and machine learning tools are being deployed by police and prosecutors to identify faces, weapons, license plates and objects at crime scenes, survey live feeds... Read more

Lawmakers strike deal on data privacy legislation https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmakers-reach-deal-data-privacy-legislation-aides-say-2024-04-07/ A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress https://www.wired.com/story/apra-congress-online-privacy-proposal/... Read more

Survivor of Police Violence Who Lost an Eye to a Rubber Bullet Explains All https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/04/global-new-short-film-highlights-devastating-impact-less-lethal-weapons-are-having-on-protesters-globally/ White House: U.S. Killing Innocent Children in Afghanistan Bombing Different than Israeli WCK Strike... Read more

New tool allows taxpayers to see how government is spending money https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/new-tool-allows-taxpayers-to-see-how-government-is-spending-money-benjamin-the-bot-openthebooks BenjaminTheChatbot https://www.openthebooks.com/benjaminthechatbot/... Read more

Pentagon Ignores Law Calling for Report on How It Trained So Many African Coup Leaders https://theintercept.com/2024/03/28/matt-gaetz-africa-coups-us-trained-pentagon/ The LAPD trains foreign police. Does that enable human rights violations? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-27/lapd-ties-to-foreign-departments-comes-under-scrutiny... Read more

Feds Ordered Google To Unmask Certain YouTube Users. Critics Say It’s ‘Terrifying’ https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/03/22/feds-ordered-google-to-unmask-certain-youtube-users-critics-say-its-terrifying/?sh=431b4fa71ca7 EFF Helps Resist Unlawful Warrant and Gag Order Issued to Independent News Outlet... Read more

Gaza Reporter Says Israel Stripped, Blindfolded Journalists During Al-Shifa Raid https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-al-jazeera-journalist-israel-detained-hospital_n_65f8cb41e4b0defe9b27fe58 State Department Claims It Hasn't Seen Reports of Israel Torturing UNRWA Staff... Read more

Had to deal with a family emergency, but I’ll be back Monday with an abbreviated post.... Read more

Judge holds veteran journalist in civil contempt for refusing to divulge source from 7 years ago "A federal judge held veteran investigative reporter Catherine Herridge in civil contempt on Thursday for refusing to divulge her source for a 2017 series of Fox News stories about a Chinese American scientist who... Read more