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CBC Kitchener-Waterloo

Ontario is scaling back species at risk protections, worrying advocates and inviting federal intervention
Ontario is planning to scale back species at risk protections. But the new bill is raising alarms from environmental groups, who say it could force the federal government to intervene to enforce its own overlapping nature protections. Here are the key chan...
#politics #environment #law #Ontario #News #Science
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NC Newsline: House bill would allow NC consumers to opt out of targeted online ads. “House Bill 462 would allow consumers to confirm whether companies, called ‘controllers’ in the bill, have their personal data. Consumers would be able to obtain their data, have it corrected, or have it deleted. Companies would have to tell consumers what third parties have their personal information. […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/30/nc-newsline-house-bill-would-allow-nc-consumers-to-opt-out-of-targeted-online-ads/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · NC Newsline: House bill would allow NC consumers to opt out of targeted online ads | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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404 Media: Reddit Issuing ‘Formal Legal Demands’ Against Researchers Who Conducted Secret AI Experiment on Users. “Reddit’s top lawyer, Ben Lee, said the company is considering legal action against researchers from the University of Zurich who ran what he called an ‘improper and highly unethical experiment’ by surreptitiously deploying AI chatbots in a popular debate subreddit. The […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/30/404-media-reddit-issuing-formal-legal-demands-against-researchers-who-conducted-secret-ai-experiment-on-users/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · 404 Media: Reddit Issuing ‘Formal Legal Demands’ Against Researchers Who Conducted Secret AI Experiment on Users | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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#ai#aiassisted#identitytheft
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TechCrunch: Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail. “On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court directed the Indian government to block Proton Mail, a popular email service known for its enhanced security, following a legal complaint filed by New Delhi-based M Moser Design Associates. The local firm alleged that its employees had received emails containing obscene and vulgar content sent via […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/30/techcrunch-indian-court-orders-blocking-of-proton-mail/

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AI6YR Ben

"“You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say, ‘Give me your papers"

"“I think that it’s pretty clear that half of a century of really established law is being upheld. It’s unfortunate that this is a cause for celebration. It’s not legal to snatch people off the street for looking like farm workers or day laborers"

"After the January sweep, the man who led it, Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino, said his agents specifically targeted people with criminal and immigration histories. However, a CalMatters investigation revealed that the Border Patrol had no criminal or immigration history on 77 of the 78 people it arrested."

#Politics#ICE#BorderPatrol
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AI6YR Ben

CalMatters: Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: ‘You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin’

"...A federal court on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction forbidding the Border Patrol from conducting warrantless immigration stops throughout a wide swath of California. ..."

calmatters.org/justice/2025/04

CalMatters · Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: 'You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin''You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,' a judge said in ordering the Border Patrol to halt warrantless sweeps in California.
#politics#ICE#immigration
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Nonilex

US #immigration officials' #deportation of a woman to #Cuba last week, separating her from her 1-yr-old daughter, has drawn fresh attention to what critics say is the #Trump admin's willingness to split up families as part of its migration crackdown.

Heidy Sanchez, interviewed by Reuters Monday, said she was told she would be deported & separated from her still-breastfeeding daughter, a #US #citizen.

#law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #DueProcess #HumanRights #FamilySeparation
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Nonilex

The toddler, Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal, remains in #FosterCare in the #US, acc/to the #DHS. Ofcls said in a statement that the #child was removed from her parents & from the manifest of her mother’s #deportation plane for her own “safety & welfare.” [?]

The #Trump admin claims the girl’s parents are members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang, but it has not offered evidence to back this up.

Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal. Her grandmother said that Antonella was passed from foster parent to foster parent, landing in a string of homes in the course of a year
#immigration#law#StateSponsoredAbduction
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