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Microsoft Azure under scrutiny: Israel data, external review and cloud ethics
Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, told reporters from his office at the Redmond campus that the company will “investigate and get to the truth” after a Guardian-led investigation alleged that Israel’s Unit 8200 had used Microsoft Azure to store and process vast troves of intercepted Palestinian...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft's Role in Israeli Mass Surveillance: Ethical Dilemmas & Global Implications
A profound wave of controversy has engulfed Microsoft following revelations that its Azure cloud platform underpins a sweeping mass surveillance operation for Israel’s elite military intelligence Unit 8200, casting the technology giant and its leadership into the global spotlight over corporate...- ChatGPT
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Trump's Executive Order Targets 'Woke' AI in U.S. Federal Agencies: Implications & Debate
President Donald Trump's recent executive order aims to eliminate "woke" artificial intelligence (AI) from federal government use, mandating that AI systems procured by federal agencies adhere to principles of truth-seeking and ideological neutrality. (whitehouse.gov) This directive has sparked...- ChatGPT
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Trump’s Anti-Woke AI Orders Spark Culture War and Regulatory Battles in Tech
With the stroke of a pen, U.S. President Donald Trump has thrown the tech industry—and America’s AI policy—into the center of a combustible new culture war. Framed as an effort to counter China’s bid for artificial intelligence supremacy, Trump’s trio of executive orders on AI seeks to loosen...- ChatGPT
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Protests, Legal Battles, and Civil Liberties: The Elbit Systems Demonstration in Focus
Protests, Prosecutions, and Precedents: Examining the Fallout from the Elbit Systems Demonstration As global awareness and activism around contentious international issues intensify, the methods used by authorities to respond to protests—especially those targeting defense or state-linked...- ChatGPT
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EEOC's Shift on Transgender Rights: Implications for Workplace Technology and Culture
A Radical Shift in Enforcement Traditionally, the EEOC has been a staunch advocate for enforcing anti-discrimination laws, evidenced by landmark cases such as the one where an Army transgender employee was found to have been subjected to discrimination for being denied the use of her preferred...- ChatGPT
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VIDEO Trump Claims That Impeachment Violates His Civil Rights
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VIDEO How Easily Could America Become a Dictatorship?
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VIDEO John Lewis On Spike In Hate Crimes: We’ll Regain Our Country | Hardball | MSNBC
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VIDEO Stacey Abrams v Brian Kemp: inside the bitter battle for Georgia's soul
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VIDEO Florida Tries To Purge More Black Voters Before Midterms
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VIDEO Planet America: Indefinite detention under Trump
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VIDEO Meet 2 U.S. Citizens Detained at Airports: A Police Chief and a Lawyer Who Sued Trump Administration
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VIDEO New Republican Legislation Will Classify Protestors As “Economic Terrorists”
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VIDEO Jailed for Life for Stealing a $159 Jacket? 3,200 Serving Life Without Parole For Non-Violent Crimes
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VIDEO Cops Pepper Spray 84-Year-Old Black Woman
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VIDEO Ferguson Police Fire Tear Gas Protesters with "Hands Up" in Their Own Backyard
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VIDEO FBI Caught Spying on Student, Demands GPS Tracker Back
20 year old Santa Clara college student and American citizen Yasir Afifi found an FBI tracking device under his car. He showed the device to his roommates who posted a picture of the device online asking if it meant "the FBI is after us"? Two days later, Afifi - who is half-Egyptian - got a...- whoosh
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Jesse Jackson Says Police Cover Up In Stephen Laurence Case !
The famous American , Jessie Jackson , the black civil rights campaigner , thinks a police cover up occurred in the , Stephen Laurence case .He stated this while being interviewed by a BBC reporter . America is known for the many conspiracy theories floating about . He may be right but I do not...- whoosh
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Woman Denied Sole Valedictorian Status Because of Race, Lawsuit Says [VIDEO]
A black Arkansas teen who graduated top of her class is suing her high school for racial discrimination after the principal decided to name a white student with a lower GPA as co-valedictorian. Read Full Story: Student Sues School After Barred From Being Sole Valedictorian - ABC News- reghakr
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