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If Facebook is serious about being the industry leader on privacy, it should use its mega-IPO to tell the world what that means by including an explicit human rights section in its written privacy policy.
Via forbes.com
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The suit, brought by Donald Vance, a US navy veteran and former defense contractor, and Nathan Ertel, also a former defense contractor, alleges Rumsfeld is responsible for “intentional mistreatment” that occurred when they were tortured in an American-run prison in Iraq for nearly one hundred days.
Via dissenter.firedoglake.com
My couch.
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The U.S.governemtn says this case should be allowed to go forward…
Via abcnews.go.com
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CNN reports.
Via youtube.com
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Even if the town cops’ lawlessness is fixed, questions remain that go far beyond East Haven’s city limits. The issue was not just that racist local cops wanted to deport immigrants; it’s that federal immigration authorities obliged them.
Via colorlines.com
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Cambodia’s first ever People’s Tribunal on Minimum Living Wage and Decent Working Conditions for garment workers will take place next week which will tackle, among other things, the poor working conditions in garment factories…
Via globalvoicesonline.org
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You know that letter from former slave Jourdon Anderson to his old master that’s been going around? First of all, it’s good and you should read it: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/to-my-old-master.html
Via kottke.org
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“The notion that a prosecutor is a ‘judicial authority’ is a contradiction in terms.”
Via smh.com.au
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Right now, representatives from nine countries including the United States are secretly meeting in a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, a trade agreement with the potential to contain intellectual property provisions that go beyond ACTA. These secret meetings could create over-reaching new rules and standards that will choke off the online speech of individuals, websites, and platforms accused of copyright infringement.
Via eff.org
