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HRW urges US Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the EARN IT Act
June 03, 2020
According to Human Rights Watch, the United States Senate Judiciary Committee should reject the EARN IT Act on the basis that it would jeopardize privacy and free expression rights without effectively protecting children from online sexual exploitation.
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WaPo: COVID-19 Contract-Tracing App Violates Its Own Privacy Policy
May 27, 2020
A new analysis of one of the first of a handful of U.S. contact-tracing apps, North and South Dakota's Care19, finds it violates its own privacy policy by sharing citizen location and other personal data with an outside company.
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Barrons: McDonald’s Target of Sexual-Harassment Complaints by Labor Unions to OECD
May 20, 2020
On the eve of McDonald’s annual meeting, an international group of labor unions filed a complaint with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that details alleged failures by the fast-food giant’s global management to address “rampant” sexual harassment at restaurants in the U.S. and other countries.
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France Online Speech Regulation Follows Growing Trend
May 20, 2020
Georgetown University Professor Mark MacCarthy describes the new French laws pertaining to the regulation of harmful online speech, such as involving terrorism and child pornography, but urges regulators tread carefully in regulating "hate" speech, which is given broader protection by U.S. First Amendment law.
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Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Will be Challenged by EU Regulations
May 20, 2020
German regulators have rejected the €9.5 billion Russia Nord Stream 2 pipeline project request for a 10-year pass from new European Union gas rules on unbundling, network access, and cost regulation.
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