While it is known to everyone that Russia has jailed people who are against the Russia/Ukraine war, it is less known that the U.S. has accused people of being foreign agents who are also against the war on the other side. We may see anti-war people in the US jailed soon. It's all fun and games until it happens here too. See the Uhuru movement.
Failed republican lawmakers are suing #Michigan to block #state#constitutional amendment to #reproductive#rights, a ballot initiative approved by voters, arguing voters can’t create new rights. They fail to understand the basic concepts of democracy.
Conservatives are still obsessed with calling LGBTQ+ people “groomers,” and Meta is still helping them do it.
Despite confirming in July that using anti-LGBTQ+ “groomer” rhetoric constituted a violation of the company’s policies against hate speech, Meta continues to allow advertisements using the slur to proliferate on its platform and is making money in the process, according to a new report from nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America.
'Like Killing Fields': Report Says Saudi Border Guards Killed Hundreds of Ethiopian Migrants
"If committed as part of a #Saudi gov policy to murder migrants, these killings, which appear to continue, would be a #crime against #humanity," said #Human#Rights#Watch.
Saudi border guards allegedly killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum-seekers—including women and children—from Yemen between March 2022 and June 2023, Human Rights Watch revealed Monday.
Sometimes people take politics too personally, eventually resorting to violence but the question is whether violence is justified during the time of elections?
Nearly half of voters across a group of swing-states said they expect violence around the upcoming presidential election, according to a new poll.
unprecedented concentrations of wealth and power, and devastated the lives of millions—the American political system, indeed, American democratic life is in jeopardy. The time has come to do what our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents did. The time has come to make America progressive, indeed, radical again. The time has come to renew the fight for an Economic Bill of Rights for All Americans.
The entry into force of the Data Governance Act paves the way for a new European way of data governance in line with our values and fundamental #rights.
It will allow society and the economy to benefit from data sharing and will support the creation of common European #data spaces, from manufacturing to cultural heritage.
We are increasing trust in data sharing and creating a data #economy that is innovative and open to our conditions.
#ScarlettJohansson is threatening #legal action against #OpenAI for copying her #voice for its latest #AI model, GPT-4o, which will be accessible through #ChatGPT.
In a statement provided to The Washington Post by Johansson’s publicist, she claimed that she received an offer from OpenAI CEO #SamAltman in Sept to be the voice of its AI system. Johansson… declined….
It’s a “fake PR stunt”: Artists hate Meta’s #AI data deletion process | Ars Technica
This is a misconception. In reality, there is no functional way to opt out of Meta’s generative #AItraining.
... In it, #Meta says it is “unable to process the request” until the requester submits evidence that their personal info appears in responses from Meta’s #generativeAI. #privacy#rights#copyright
"Big corporations, golf courses and hotels have been taking water from locals for years. Now the fire may result in even more devastating water theft."
"All over Maui, golf courses glisten emerald green, hotels manage to fill their pools and corporations stockpile water to sell to luxury estates. And yet, when it came time to fight the fires, some hoses ran dry. Why?"
"This is a classic case of the most craven disaster capitalism: a small elite group using a profound human tragedy as their window to roll back a hard-won grassroots victory for water rights, while removing civil servants who pose a political inconvenience to the administration’s pro-developer agenda."...
by Naomi Klein and Kapuaʻala Sproat
If you like any kind of freedom you are definitely an extremist • /s/whatever (saidit.net)
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