Patricia McKnight reports: If you took a COVID-19 PCR test, there’s a chance your swab may have been sent to scientists around the globe for genomic sequencing analysis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. In a tweet, the CDC said five to 10 percent of COVID PCR tests are sent to labs for mapping “genomic…
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Florida House passes ban on abortion after 15 weeks, sends bill to Senate
Gabriella Borter reports: Florida’s House of Representatives passed a bill to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy late on Wednesday, a measure several Republican-led states are pushing as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of such limits. Read more at Reuters.
California’s strict child-data bill would limit Big Tech data collection
Madhumita Murgia and Hannah Murphy report: California lawmakers plan to introduce a new bill to protect children’s data online this Thursday, mirroring the UK’s recently introduced children’s code, as part of growing momentum globally for stricter regulation on Big Tech. The California age-appropriate design-code bill will require many of the world’s biggest tech platforms headquartered…
Teacher Spying Is Instilling Surveillance Culture Into Students
Liam Day reports: For the teachers, it began in October at the California Teachers Association’s 2021 LGBTQ+ Issues Conference. Lori Caldeira and Kelly Baraki explained how they identified potential new members of UBU, the school’s club of LGBTQ supporters. “When we were doing our virtual learning—we totally stalked what they were doing on Google, when…