Potential legislative agreement would increase health care #wages to a $25/hr minimum and end the ongoing ballot initiatives about kidney #dialysis. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/08/california-health-care-worker-wage-00114741

Butthead sues #California over social media moderation policy transparency bill. #AB587 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/08/elon-musk-twitter-lawsuit-california-free-speech

If you think you are a trusted #traveler, you're not. "In the fine print of applying for Global Entry, the Department says, "consent is implied" to constant review, even when people aren't traveling. Customs and Border Protection [#CBP] "checks all GE members against major law enforcement databases every 24 hours". https://www.newsweek.com/government-monitors-global-entry-travelers-daily-even-if-they-arent-traveling-1825445

#NYPD sending 9 million dollars to a #surveillance company sued by #Meta for setting up 40,000 fake profiles on the site. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/08/new-york-police-tracking-voyager-labs-meta-contract

National Radio Project speaks with the folks in East Palestine, Ohio who have been long forgotten as one disaster follows the next. #ToxicTracks https://www.radioproject.org/2023/09/toxic-tracks-encore/

Stop using #Chrome. It's worse than it was before. #NoPrivacySandbox https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/?

Anonymous developer creates a complete automated #AI #disinformation system and it works all too well. https://youtu.be/cwGdkrc9i2Y?feature=shared

Join us on Wednesday night for an online panel with #surveillance experts on the gunshot detection software #Shotspotter and ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH IT. With speakers from ACLU, Lucy Parsons Lab, Freedom to Thrive and MA ED Tracy Rosenberg, on behalf of Oakland Privacy. Should be a great panel. Register with the fancy QR thingie or at the url in the image.

"The Central Marin Police Authority obtained funding for ALPRS by saying that the #ALPR would address roving criminals and possible terrorists operating in the Bay Area. But the relatively few hits were related to lost or stolen car cases". https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-05/license-plate-readers-catch-few-terrorists-but-lots-of-poor-people-of-color

Tennessee senator Marsha Blackburn admits that right-wing states will use the Kids Online Safety Act (#KOSA) to "protect kids from the transgender" or censor online content. https://youtu.be/jg21OdmUj1g?feature=shared

"The franchising model of most #fastfood outlets shields major brands like Subway, Burger King and McDonald’s from legal responsibility for their workers, because they are directly employed by individual franchise owners, not the corporate parent. Meanwhile, franchisees shield their investment from legal claims by operating restaurants using multiple LLCs. Franchised restaurants that exploit this structure to breach #labor laws." https://capitalandmain.com/california-fast-food-restaurants-take-advantage-of-wage-law-loophole

This article makes important distinctions between accountability and discipline/punishment. We often confuse the two. #restorative #justice https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/9/6/23860248/criminal-justice-system-restorative-justice-crime-homicide-legal-courtroom?

“The Court ruled that the legal system that penalizes #abortion in the Federal Criminal Code is unconstitutional, since it violates the #humanrights of women and people with the capacity to gestate,” the Supreme Court said on social media." #Mexico https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/americas/mexico-supreme-court-abortion-decriminalized/index.html

"I’m mainly concerned with ERO’s authority to create a fake profile and how we would get around the terms of service of certain #socialmedia providers,” one DHS privacy officer wrote". #ICE https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/05/us-immigration-homeland-security-social-media-fake-profiles

The BEAD program is a huge opportunity to deliver #InternetForAll.

We must not waste it.

That's why we're joining hundreds of orgs and experts calling on @NTIAgov & @CommerceGov to offer alternatives to the letter of credit requirement.

Find out more: https://connect-humanity.shorthandstories.com/bead-letter-of-credit-alternatives/

"It's not a new strategy. In 1988 following Prop 103, insurance companies restricted business or fully pulled out of CA.. Then-AG Van de Kamp investigated. 2 years later, he concluded that “a culture of collusion pervades the #insurance industry,” https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/05/consumer-advocate-sees-collusion-california-insurance-crisis/

"Monroe had no understanding of the Bay Area, nor why, for example, running fiber-optic line down Interstate 680 from Walnut Creek to Dublin would do little to reach those most in need of high-speed #internet access". #broadband #CALeg #EastOakland https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/09/02/editorial-newsom-plan-to-bridge-digital-divide-becoming-a-boondoggle/

"In effect, the law risks forcing individuals to divulge specific details of their #sexuality to the #state government to gain access to certain speech," Ezra added". #AgeVerification #internet https://www.npr.org/2023/09/01/1197380455/a-texas-law-requiring-age-verification-on-porn-sites-is-unconstitutional-judge-r

One rural #Texas town rejects an ordinance to criminalize #driving on #highways through the town heading towards or coming from an out of state #abortion, but many of these same towns are passing them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/01/texas-abortion-highways/

" One regularly proffered argument is that the #BritishMuseum has a higher standard of protection than those in other countries". Which has been demonstrated to be total BS after a curator stole as many as 2000 artifacts and put a bunch of them on eBay. https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-british-museum-is-in-trouble-on-two-fronts-on-stolen-heritage/