Mark Keierleber reports: Two developments this week have upped the anxiety over how far President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown will go to ensnare students and young children. In New York City, a Bronx high school student from Venezuela showed up for a routine immigration court date and was promptly arrested afterward by Immigration and Customs…
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She Got an Abortion. So A Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down.
Rindala Alajaji of EFF writes: In a chilling sign of how far law enforcement surveillance has encroached on personal liberties, 404 Media recently revealed that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. The officer searched 6,809 different camera networks maintained…
Why AI May Be Listening In on Your Next Doctor’s Appointment
Laura Landro reports: Even the hospital walls may soon have ears. A fast-growing technology known as ambient listening is taking over an onerous but necessary task in healthcare: documenting what happens in the doctor-patient encounter. Already gaining traction for outpatient medical visits, the AI-powered systems are also moving into hospital rooms and emergency departments to capture discussions…
Watch out for activist judges trying to deprive us of our rights to safe reproductive healthcare
Despite the will of the majority of people, there are those who continue to try to deprive women of our rights to safe healthcare and to make decisions over our own bodies. Joe Cadillic sends along these two items: The first is a press release from Accountable.us begins: WASHINGTON, DC – In case you missed it,…