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Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover a Concern for Human Rights Groups
Human rights groups raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter and the power that its takeover by Elon Musk would give the billionaire. Musk has been called a 'free speech absolutist' and has been critical of Twitter's policies of moderating content on the platform.
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Facebook Charged by US Over Racial Discrimination in Targeted Housing Ads
The Housing Department has also requested information about ad targeting from Twitter and Google.
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Apple Security Expert Moves to ACLU as 'Public Interest Tech' Builds
Jon Callas, who led a team of hackers breaking into pre-release Apple products to test their security, started Monday in a two-year role as technology fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Facebook Allows Gender-Biased Job Ads on Its Platform: ACLU
In a complaint filed Tuesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the ACLU lists 10 employers that it claims have placed ads on Facebook that violate federal and state discrimination laws.
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Employers Use Facebook To Target Job Ads Only For Men, Alleges Complaint
Three female job hunters, a large worker coalition and the American Civil Liberties Union lodged a legal complaint against Facebook on Tuesday, accusing the company of enabling discriminatory job postings with its ad targeting tools.
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Migrant Families Separated By US Are Refusing Reunification: Rights Group
Immigrant parents separated from their children by the Trump administration and returned to their homes are refusing to be reunited with their children because their countries are so dangerous, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union told a court on Friday.
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US Government Responsible For Immigrant Families' Reunification: Court
The federal judge who ordered the reunification of families separated at the southern US border said Friday it was the government's responsibility to locate parents deported without their children.
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A Couple Is Suing A US State To Name Their Daughter Allah
The baby's first name posed no issue: ZalyKha. Georgia law could handle that.
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Twitter Employees Donate $1.59 Million To Fight Donald Trump
Despite US President Donald Trump being a prolific Twitter user, the employees of the micro-blogging site donated $1.59 million to an organisation to fight Trump, a media report said.
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Sheriff Offers Prison Inmates To Build Trump's Wall Along Mexican Border
A Massachusetts county sheriff has proposed sending prison inmates from around the United States to build the proposed wall along the Mexican border that is one of US President-elect Donald Trump's most prominent campaign promises.
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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Sent Feeds That Help Track Minorities in Ferguson and Baltimore: ACLU
The companies reportedly provided the data to Geofeedia, a company that says it analyses social media posts to deliver surveillance information.
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ACLU Asks Appeals Court to Halt NSA Phone Record Collection
ACLU told the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan that it should rule that a law Congress passed on June 2 is being used illegally.
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Video Shows Police Wrestle Pregnant Black Woman to Ground
Police body camera footage published online by a rights group on Thursday showed two California officers wrestling to the ground a black woman who was eight months pregnant, and arresting her following a dispute with another woman.
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Muslim Americans challenge US 'no fly' list in appeals court
Lawyers for the 15 Muslims in the United States barred from boarding commercial flights because they were on the US "no-fly" list will on Friday ask a federal appeals court to reinstate their constitutional challenge of the anti-terrorism measure.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover a Concern for Human Rights Groups
Human rights groups raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter and the power that its takeover by Elon Musk would give the billionaire. Musk has been called a 'free speech absolutist' and has been critical of Twitter's policies of moderating content on the platform.
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Facebook Charged by US Over Racial Discrimination in Targeted Housing Ads
The Housing Department has also requested information about ad targeting from Twitter and Google.
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Apple Security Expert Moves to ACLU as 'Public Interest Tech' Builds
Jon Callas, who led a team of hackers breaking into pre-release Apple products to test their security, started Monday in a two-year role as technology fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Facebook Allows Gender-Biased Job Ads on Its Platform: ACLU
In a complaint filed Tuesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the ACLU lists 10 employers that it claims have placed ads on Facebook that violate federal and state discrimination laws.
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Employers Use Facebook To Target Job Ads Only For Men, Alleges Complaint
Three female job hunters, a large worker coalition and the American Civil Liberties Union lodged a legal complaint against Facebook on Tuesday, accusing the company of enabling discriminatory job postings with its ad targeting tools.
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Migrant Families Separated By US Are Refusing Reunification: Rights Group
Immigrant parents separated from their children by the Trump administration and returned to their homes are refusing to be reunited with their children because their countries are so dangerous, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union told a court on Friday.
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US Government Responsible For Immigrant Families' Reunification: Court
The federal judge who ordered the reunification of families separated at the southern US border said Friday it was the government's responsibility to locate parents deported without their children.
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A Couple Is Suing A US State To Name Their Daughter Allah
The baby's first name posed no issue: ZalyKha. Georgia law could handle that.
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Twitter Employees Donate $1.59 Million To Fight Donald Trump
Despite US President Donald Trump being a prolific Twitter user, the employees of the micro-blogging site donated $1.59 million to an organisation to fight Trump, a media report said.
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Sheriff Offers Prison Inmates To Build Trump's Wall Along Mexican Border
A Massachusetts county sheriff has proposed sending prison inmates from around the United States to build the proposed wall along the Mexican border that is one of US President-elect Donald Trump's most prominent campaign promises.
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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Sent Feeds That Help Track Minorities in Ferguson and Baltimore: ACLU
The companies reportedly provided the data to Geofeedia, a company that says it analyses social media posts to deliver surveillance information.
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ACLU Asks Appeals Court to Halt NSA Phone Record Collection
ACLU told the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan that it should rule that a law Congress passed on June 2 is being used illegally.
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Video Shows Police Wrestle Pregnant Black Woman to Ground
Police body camera footage published online by a rights group on Thursday showed two California officers wrestling to the ground a black woman who was eight months pregnant, and arresting her following a dispute with another woman.
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Muslim Americans challenge US 'no fly' list in appeals court
Lawyers for the 15 Muslims in the United States barred from boarding commercial flights because they were on the US "no-fly" list will on Friday ask a federal appeals court to reinstate their constitutional challenge of the anti-terrorism measure.
