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Section 230 faces a bipartisan repeal effort. Experts say it’s a risky bet

Fast Company Tech

Both Democrats and Republicans should be wary of getting rid of Section 230, warns Anupam Chander, a law professor at Georgetown University. He notes that the law protects a range of actions that each party valueseven if it also enables behavior they oppose. Yet conservatives, too, benefit from the law’s broad protections.

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Thailand Deploys Humanoid Robot Dressed in Police Uniform

Futurism

Image credit: Royal Thai Police We've already seen plenty of disastrous rollouts of robots in law enforcement. For instance, police forces across the United States have already deployed security robots developed by California-based security company Knightscope.

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How you can help save declining butterflies

Fast Company Tech

From 2000 to 2020, the number of butterflies fell by 22% across the continental United States. Geological Surveys Powell Center Status of Butterflies of the United States Working Group , which I am involved in. But those laws could be changed. Thats 1 in 5 butterflies lost.

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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

This study was conducted in the United States, where we have the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a law intended to protect the rights of disabled people and ensure accessible infrastructure. More than half of them (60%) reported that they had to leave without completing their task because the building wasnt accessible.

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California passes law mandating VC firms to release investments’ diversity information

TechCrunch

This is the United States’ first piece of legislation that aims to increase diversity within the venture capital landscape.

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

The Verge

Here’s Wing on that: This allows a drone to be identified as it flies over without necessarily sharing that drone’s complete flight path or flight history, and that information, which can be more sensitive, is not displayed to the public and only available to law enforcement if they have proper credentials and a reason to need that information.

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The Road to Accessibility without Borders: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I have previously written about the top issues addressed by the Treaty , but to recap, the Treaty is a wonderful instrument because it requires exceptions for people who are blind or have other print disabilities in national copyright laws. HathiTrust.