Facebook’s policy on “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations” (DIO) has become “an unaccountable system that disproportionately punishes certain communities,” Sam Biddle reported for the Intercept in October 2021. The policy, he reported, includes a “blacklist” of more than 4,000 people and groups, “including politicians, writers, charities, hospitals, hundreds of music acts,…
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson funded experiments on incarcerated people, which intentionally exposed them to asbestos, according to March 2022 reporting by The Independent and Daily Kos. Documents revealing Johnson and Johnson’s involvement were made public last year as part of lawsuits concerning…
Gone are the days when libraries lent out books and little else. Imagine going into a library that, in addition to books, also offers power tools, kitchen appliances, camping gear, party supplies, sports equipment, musical instruments, and more. You wouldn’t have to buy, repair or store infrequently used items. You’d…
According to international research by TerraChoice, a Canadian-based environmental marketing agency, 98 percent of North American big-box retail brands are guilty of greenwashing, a practice in which a company promotes its products as eco-friendly (or “green”) to maintain a positive brand image—rather than actually investing money in implementing sustainable practices. The…
The ocean is now becoming an integral part of an unprecedented global network of “smart” fifth-generation (5G) wireless infrastructure, according to a December 2021 report by Patricia Burke and Kate Kheel for Natural Blaze. The network of satellites, cell towers, and other infrastructure that supports 5G has “expanded to the…
It is an open secret that the world’s most popular social media apps and websites collect users’ data in order to tailor advertisements to those users. The worst offenders however may establishment news outlets, the very institutions the public trust to keep informed. Surveillance advertising has become a ubiquitous and…
In the United States alone, over 167,000 children grieved the loss of at least one parent or caregiver during the pandemic. The term ‘COVID orphans’ was first used by Harvard professor Charles Nelson to describe children who have lost one or both primary caregivers to the COVID-19. In an article…
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According to a joint study conducted by School House Connection and the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions initiative, approximately 420,000 fewer children and youth experiencing homelessness were identified and enrolled by schools at the start of the 2020-2021 school year, a reduction of 28 percent, compared with the year before.…
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Last introduced in 2020, the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2022 (EARN IT Act) is back and more threatening to online freedom of expression than before, according to several recent independent news reports. The EARN IT Act aims to hold tech companies responsible for the…
In 2016, Gideon Sa’ar introduced a bill to the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) that would have expanded the government’s authority to censor online content; the Israeli prime minister, Sa’ar’s political rival, Benjamin Netanyahu, rejected the legislation. Now, in 2022, Gideon Sa’ar serves as Israel’s minister of justice and he is attempting…
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