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Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a ‘perpetual police line-up’

Business Insider, 4/3/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/clearview-ai-scraped-30-billion-images-from-facebook-and-gave-them-to-cops-it-puts-everyone-into-a-perpetual-police-line-up/ar-AA19ocLq?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=683971aeb5514c28831642fd1e32d2df&ei=20 A controversial facial recognition database, used by police departments across the nation, was built in part with 30 billion photos the…

fg_admin April 3, 2023

Secession is here: States, cities and the wealthy are already withdrawing from America

Story by Michael J. Lee, The Conversation, 3/20/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/secession-is-here-states-cities-and-the-wealthy-are-already-withdrawing-from-america/ar-AA18QWsg?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b4433e24e4864c5b9305c85ddbc3714c&ei=104 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, wants a “national divorce.” In her view,…

fg_admin March 21, 2023

Seven states push to require ID for watching porn online

Opponents say laws preventing underage porn access are vague, pose privacy risks. ASHLEY BELANGER – 2/14/2023, 3:04 PM, ARSTechnica SOURCE: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/02/seven-states-push-to-require-id-for-watching-porn-online/ After decades of America fretting over minors potentially…

fg_admin February 15, 2023

A ‘Distinctly Human’ Trait That Might Actually Be Universal

EDITORIAL: The social problems described on this website are intended to elicit disgust and a need for change or improvement. But even animals can have…

fg_admin February 10, 2023

George Orwell was right

Opinion by Jim Nelles, Washington Examiner, 2/3/23 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/george-orwell-was-right/ar-AA175do7?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=7bdc3921e6734b5fbfcdc1ee1f934b2b I remember reading George Orwell’s 1984 while in high school. The final discussion we had about the book focused…

fg_admin February 4, 2023

Zelle fraud is rising. And banks aren’t coming to the rescue

Allison Morrow, CNN, 10/3/22 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/zelle-fraud-is-rising-and-banks-aren-t-coming-to-the-rescue/ar-AA12yTHD?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=121b5bcf0ab14fe3b0cdcb02186f9681 Zelle, the popular payment app, is under fire for how it handles (or rather, doesn’t handle) fraud and scams…

fg_admin October 4, 2022

Religion and Samuel Alito’s time bomb (rebutted)

Opinion by Andrew Koppelman, The Hill, 9/11/22 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/religion-and-samuel-alito-s-time-bomb/ar-AA11I9Gt?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b3b7f0a9c75642fd83ed38ce58316b46 EDITORIAL: The thesis of this hit piece is that: When government offers or mandates “benefits”, EVERYONE should benefit.…

fg_admin September 11, 2022

One California county deemed ‘most vulnerable’ to extreme heat on federal map

Addy Bink, KSMB-TV, 7/31/22 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/one-california-county-deemed-most-vulnerable-to-extreme-heat-on-federal-map/ar-AA109Mog?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=fddbc2669a094234b911e6c0c8ee3c98 New government projections show days of extreme heat will become more frequent over the next three decades. Given warming…

fg_admin August 1, 2022