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Authorities in Muslim-majority Uzbekistan have extensively updated their list of banned religious literature, websites, and other material that officials believe contain extremist content and present a security risk to the nation. A copy of the draft document obtained by RFE/RL shows that dozens of books, websites, videos, as well as the social-media accounts of religious […]
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A former chair of America’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission is working with Accenture to explore what Computerworld calls “a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency” — a cash-backed stablecoin, issued and controlled by America’s central bank, where one token represents one dollar. Long-time Slashdot reader Lucas123 writes: A cryptocurrency based on a blockchain ledger would be […]
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For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 WASHINGTON – Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo and EWG president Ken Cook today praised New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for taking bold action to reduce PFAS pollution. “No one is doing more to address the threats posed by PFAS pollution than Gov. Cuomo,” said Ruffalo. Late last month, Gov. […]
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This week, prosecutors in Brazil filed a criminal complaint against Glenn Greenwald, an internationally lauded journalist best known for publishing leaked documents detailing the NSA’s mass surveillance. Greenwald’s prosecution is an attempt to use computer crime law to silence an investigative reporter who exposed deep-seated government corruption. Sadly, this isn’t the first such effort and, […]
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Earlier this morning, the Bernie Sanders Campaign announced the endorsement of television and podcast personality Joe Rogan. In response, HRC President Alphonso David issued the following statement: “Bernie Sanders has run a campaign unabashedly supportive of the rights of LGBTQ people. Rogan, however, has attacked transgender people, gay men, women, people of color and countless […]
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One year after President Felix Tshisekedi took office, insecurity and impunity continue to threaten human rights progress in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Amnesty International said today. Although President Tshisekedi has taken some positive steps, such as pardoning political prisoners and allowing exiled critics to return, his government’s failures on accountability mean warlords and […]
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Facebook WhatsApp Facing Growing Criticism, Facebook Reverses Decision to Sell Ads in WhatsApp Facebook reversed the controversial decision to sell ads in WhatsApp. Before WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook, the company promised users it would not sell ads. But Facebook did not honor that promise to users, causing the WhatsApp founders to resign. When Facebook […]
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Across the nation, states and local governments are leading the way toward a clean, safe and renewable energy system – 100 percent electric and powered by solar and wind, coupled with battery storage and energy efficiency. Meanwhile, the federal government is stuck in the past, propping up last-century energy sources that are disastrous for the […]
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It is a notorious Russian comedy that has been playing now for decades. A career government official and his wife and other relatives are found to possess assets worth far more than what his state salary could justify. If he responds at all, the official answers the uncomfortable questions with claims of his relatives’ business […]
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Award-winning Broadway, TV and film producer Richie Jackson talks with HRC Foundation Board Co-Chair Jodie Patterson in a Q&A about his new book, “Gay Like Me.” 1) Your title “Gay Like Me”, is so straight forward. Every parent understands wanting to prepare our children for what we know will come. Was there one aha moment that […]
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As the world observes the International Day of Education today, nearly five million children are growing up in Bangladesh without access to education. These include not just the 4.3 million Bangladeshi children who have not seen the inside of a classroom, but also the half a million Rohingya children who have been languishing in refugee […]
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data protection DPA FitBit Public Opinion Poll: Americans Split on Fitness Tracker Data Use in Research A new Pew Research poll finds that 41% of Americans say it is acceptable for makers of fitness trackers to disclose users’ data to medical researchers, while 35% believe this is an unacceptable practice and 22% are unsure. The […]
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We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, addressing what’s at stake and what we need to do to make sure that copyright promotes creativity and innovation. […]
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Slashdot reader McGruber shares the news that several of Alan Turing’s historic personal effects have been recovered nearly 36 years after they were stolen. From a report: In filings in the U.S. District Court of Colorado Friday, federal officials say they seized the British mathematician’s Princeton University degree, his Order of the British Empire medal […]
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The USA and the Afghan Taliban’s negotiations over a reduction in violence must include a commitment by both sides to abide by the laws of war and end all attacks on civilians, Amnesty International said today. Over the past week, representatives of the USA and the Afghan Taliban have been engaged in closed-door negotiations in […]
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An anonymous reader shares a report: People are panicking. When a new disease is discovered, it’s undeniably hard to identify and inform the public about it quickly. Yet China is making the problem harder to solve, even though it should have learned from the SARS outbreak in 2003, when the government admitted to underreporting cases […]
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In the News Friday, January 24, 2020 This week EWG released a groundbreaking set of laboratory tests that found fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS in the drinking water of dozens of U.S. cities, including major metropolitan areas such as New York and Washington, D.C. Based on our tests and new academic research that found PFAS widespread […]
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Just before midnight on Tuesday night, the White House budget office released nearly 200 pages of Ukraine-related records to American Oversight in response to a FOIA lawsuit. Those pages included previously unreleased emails that showed top officials in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) were laying the groundwork to freeze military assistance to Ukraine […]