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India’s Aadhaar identity system is eroding the rights of pregnant women - 20 janvier 2021
From the denial of maternity benefits to a lack of access to reproductive health services, the negative effects of this sweeping program are being felt across the country
Pooja Devi Kol lives in Dabhaura, a small village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, and is expecting her first child in four (...)
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My ID, my identity ? The impact of ID systems on transgender people in Argentina, France and the Philippines - 19 janvier 2021
My ID, my identity ? The impact of ID systems on transgender people in Argentina, France and the Philippines
We spoke to trans-right activists in three country : the Philippines, France and Argentina to understand how ID systems in their countries are impacting their lives and how certain legal frameworks may (...)
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« Management prédateur » : comment Huawei contrôle ses expatriés en Europe - 17 janvier 2021
Un climat de peur, de discrimination et d’exploitation, selon une enquête de The Signals Network.
C’est à vingt kilomètres de Strasbourg, dans le Business Parc de Brumath, que le géant chinois des télécoms Huawei ouvrira son usine française géante à l’horizon 2023, avec 500 emplois à la clé.
Les futurs employés feraient (...)
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Twitter et Facebook renvoient « gouines » et « pédés » au placard - 16 janvier 2021
Depuis fin décembre, plusieurs militant·e·s LGBTI+ sont censuré.es par Twitter pour l’usage de ces termes. Cette situation absurde serait-elle liée à la future loi sur le « séparatisme » ? Facebook, de son côté, continue de bannir le mot « lesbienne » des noms de ses utilisatrices.
« Pour moi, c’est déjà la deuxième fois », (...)
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“Frankly, my rider, I don’t give a damn” - 16 janvier 2021
Deliveroo’s algorithm discriminated against those who go on strike or get sick
Frank, the algorithm used by Deliveroo, does not weed out discrimination. A Court in Bologna issued an historic ruling in late December 2020. The Court decision is a landmark one both because of its outcome – it ruled that the system was (...)
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Belastingdienst werkte zeer kritische Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens tegen - 16 janvier 2021
De Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens oordeelt keihard over de Belastingdienst. De AP werd tegengewerkt en onjuist voorgelicht tijdens haar onderzoek. ‘De Belastingdienst handelde discriminerend.’
De werkwijze van de Belastingdienst in de toeslagenaffaire was ‘onrechtmatig, discriminerend en onbehoorlijk’. In een (...)
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Dutch Government Resigns After Benefits Scandal - 16 janvier 2021
A parliamentary report concluded that tax authorities unfairly targeted poor families over child care benefits. Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire cabinet stepped down.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands, one of Europe’s longest-serving leaders, and his cabinet resigned on Friday over a report (...)
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Pays-Bas : le gouvernement accuse à tort 26 000 familles d’une fraude aux allocations familiales, il démissionne - 16 janvier 2021
Des milliers de familles ont été accusées à tort de fraude aux allocations familiales, avant d’être contraintes à les rembourser, ce qui a plongé une partie d’entre elles dans de graves problèmes financiers.
Des milliers de familles (26 000 parents) ont été accusées à tort de fraude aux allocations familiales, avant d’être (...)
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„Wolf culture“ : How Huawei controls its employees in Europe - 16 janvier 2021
Former employees accuse Huawei of discrimination. How massively the company interferes in their private lives and how it keeps its staff in line is revealed by internal documents and covert audio recordings that netzpolitik.org and the media partners of The Signals Network have analysed.
The journalist with the (...)
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The dark side of open source intelligence - 16 janvier 2021
Internet sleuths have used publicly available data to help track down last week’s Washington D.C. rioters. But what happens when the wrong people are identified ?
In May, a video of a woman flouting a national Covid-19 mask mandate went viral on social media in Singapore. In the clip, the bare-faced woman argues (...)
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Police surveillance of Black Lives Matter shows the danger technology poses to democracy - 15 janvier 2021
US police forces have been turning to technology to track down Black Lives Matter protestors. Content from social media platforms and affiliated sites has been instrumental in the authorities being able to identify protestors based on photos of their faces, clothes and hair, or on the fact that they posted while (...)
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Facebook and Twitter Face International Scrutiny After Trump Ban - 15 janvier 2021
Human rights groups and activists have spent years urging the companies to do more to remove content that encouraged violence.
LONDON — In Sri Lanka and Myanmar, Facebook kept up posts that it had been warned contributed to violence. In India, activists have urged the company to combat posts by political figures (...)
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Sommes-nous entrés dans une société de vigilance ? - 13 janvier 2021
Elle analyse la répression sous un angle autre que celui, habituel, des dispositifs punitifs : celui de l’association des populations à la traque des ennemis publics. Vanessa Codaccioni est spécialiste de la justice pénale et de la répression, maîtresse de conférences HDR au département de science politique de (...)
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Capitole : la police identifie les assaillants grâce à Clearview AI et sa reconnaissance faciale - 13 janvier 2021
Selon le PDG de Clearview AI, l’utilisation de la technologie de reconnaissance faciale de son entreprise par les forces de l’ordre a augmenté de 26% le lendemain de l’attaque du Capitole. D’abord rapporté par le New York Times, Hoan Ton-That a confirmé que Clearview avait connu une forte augmentation de l’utilisation de (...)
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Face Surveillance and the Capitol Attack - 13 janvier 2021
After last week’s violent attack on the Capitol, law enforcement is working overtime to identify the perpetrators. This is critical to accountability for the attempted insurrection. Law enforcement has many, many tools at their disposal to do this, especially given the very public nature of most of the organizing. (...)
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Civil society calls for AI red lines in the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence proposal - 13 janvier 2021
European Digital Rights together with 61 civil society organisations have sent an open letter to the European Commission demanding red lines for the applications of AI that threaten fundamental rights.
With the European Union’s AI proposal set to launch this quarter, Europe has the opportunity to demonstrate to (...)
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The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance - 9 janvier 2021
The security state that failed to keep DC safe doesn’t need invasive technology to meet this moment—it needs more civilian oversight.
They took our Capitol, stormed the halls, pilfered our documents, and shattered the norms of our democracy. The lasting damage from Wednesday’s attack will not come from the mob (...)
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The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty - 8 janvier 2021
A growing group of lawyers are uncovering, navigating, and fighting the automated systems that deny the poor housing, jobs, and basic services.
Miriam was only 21 when she met Nick. She was a photographer, fresh out of college, waiting tables. He was 16 years her senior and a local business owner who had worked (...)
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NYPD Cops Accused of Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia Cost the City $500,000 Over Four Years - 7 janvier 2021
One lawsuit the city settled for $70,000 alleged that a cop said, “Shut the fuck up, you Black bitch,” while making an arrest.
The New York City Police Department is notorious for its culture of impunity. Officers face virtually no serious consequences for accusations of sexual assault and violent attacks that (...)
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Court Rules Deliveroo Used ’Discriminatory’ Algorithm - 5 janvier 2021
An Italian court determined that companies can be held liable even if an algorithm unintentionally discriminates against a protected group.
An algorithm used by the popular European food delivery app Deliveroo to rank and offer shifts to riders is discriminatory, an Italian court ruled late last week, in what (...)
