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FOSTA lawsuit

jeudi 5 juillet 2018 à 02:00

The EFF has sued to overturn the censorship law, FOSTA.

A similar wave of repression is campaigning for such a law in the UK.

The real goal of such campaigns is to try to repress prostitution. Thus, what they really do is harm sex workers in general, rather than protect them from enslavement.

It is possible to act against enslavement without creating repression, but that requires licensing and monitoring the web sites and brothels, as well as ending prohibition of brothels. The monitoring will cost money.

Teenage refugee in the US

jeudi 5 juillet 2018 à 02:00

A teenage refugee in the US describes the life of arbitrary punishment he was subjected to in an agency that was supposed to "help" him.

The part that bothers me most is requiring relatives in the US to give their fingerprints before they can receive their family members. Most people will surrender their fingerprints to such pressure, and that makes it unjust to use this leverage to demand that.

George Mpanga

jeudi 5 juillet 2018 à 02:00

George Mpanga, British performance poet, was attacked on the street by thugs and strip-searched for no evident reason. The thugs also told lies about him.

Assault on immigrant families

jeudi 5 juillet 2018 à 02:00

15 Actions That Can Shut Down Trump’s Assault on Immigrant Families.

Purges of voter lists

jeudi 5 juillet 2018 à 02:00

Purges of voter lists are a grand opportunity for rigging elections, and Republicans use it where they can get away with it.