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Google’s Wing warns new drone laws ‘may have unintended consequences’ for privacy

The Verge

Internet-based tracking is exactly what the FAA had originally intended to do when it originally proposed the Remote ID rules back in December 2019, by the way — before it received a laundry list of reasons from commenters why internet-based tracking might be problematic and decided to abandon it.

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Why We're Blacking Out Sites: PIPA and SOPA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Today, we're joining what is probably the largest online protest in history , by blacking out significant portions of the Benetech website, as well as our Martus and HRDAG human rights websites. Like almost all libraries, we're scrupulous in following the law, because we're serving incredibly important communities.

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New EU law could require iMessage and WhatsApp to work with other, smaller platforms

The Verge

While the law isn’t passed yet, the language the EU’s referring to could compel companies like Apple and Meta to open up systems that they formerly controlled completely. History shows that companies keep their messaging systems closed because they can, not because it’s impossible to make them work together.

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Leaked Uber Files reveal history of lawbreaking, lobbying and exploiting violence against drivers

TechCrunch

The Uber Files, which were originally shared with The Guardian and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists , show a company that has knowingly broken laws, gone to extreme lengths to avoid justice, secretly lobbied governments, received aid from top politicians and exploited violence against drivers to drum up business.

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8 Organizations to Support this Black History Month

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

February is Black History Month and while there are countless ways to honor and celebrate black history throughout the year, we’re giving you a place to start by highlighting eight nonprofits that are making major waves in their communities. Southern Poverty Law Center. Black Public Media.

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Why the startup sector should keep its eye on the SEC

TechCrunch

And the scale of the SEC’s proposed reforms should alarm entrepreneurs, investors and employees in the innovation economy. Three key areas of proposed intervention by the SEC offer examples of why the venture community should be paying attention. In short, the SEC’s actions could slow one of our greatest engines of innovation.

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Israel’s political crisis has activated its apolitical tech industry — and there’s no turning back

TechCrunch

As unease spread amongst a handful of entrepreneurs, alarmed at radical “reforms,” proposed by the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government, to the independence of the judiciary, WhatsApp groups were fired up, and were quickly flooded with volunteers from the tech industry. We were tracking wherever MPs were.

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