Do you benefit from slave labor?
What would you do if you knew your fast-food burger, the steel in your car, the leather for your shoes or that shiny hardwood floor came as a result of slave labor?
Jun 11, 2013
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Jun 11, 2013
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Spike in whale deaths off Argentina's Patagonia
Refusing a 'diminished self': Informed by prison experience, activist-scholar imagines a more open Ethiopia
Four years ago this spring, Birtukan Midekssa was in solitary confinement in an Ethiopian prison. Her cell was 13 feet wide and 20 feet long and had no window. She was allowed only two visitors: her elderly ...
May 15, 2013
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Obama threatens veto of cybersecurity bill
President Barack Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a major cybersecurity bill unless Congress amends it to include more protections for privacy and civil liberties.
Apr 17, 2013
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Endangered whale becoming a regular visitor to New Zealand
(Phys.org) —Scientists have shown that mainland New Zealand has become an increasingly important winter habitat for southern right whales – a population hunted to near extinction in the 19th century – and members of ...
Apr 05, 2013
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Hackers air Sri Lanka war crimes video on govt website
Hackers have attacked Sri Lanka's media ministry by placing a documentary about alleged war crimes during the island's ethnic conflict on its website, an official said Monday.
Feb 25, 2013
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Dutch MPs vote not to ban illegal downloads
Dutch MPs have voted not to ban illegal Internet downloads of copyrighted films, music and software, preferring to levy a tax on smartphones and computers.
Dec 21, 2012
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Economist magazine faces contempt in Bangladesh
(AP)—A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal has accused the British magazine The Economist of hacking the computer of its presiding judge to record conversations and read emails he exchanged with a lawyer.
Dec 09, 2012
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Digital rights groups blast Dutch computer plan
Digital rights groups have called on the Dutch justice minister to retract a proposal that would give the country's police the right to break into computers, including foreign citizens' computers, to combat cybercrime.
Dec 04, 2012
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Web access battles brew before UN conference
(AP)—An upcoming U.N. gathering about Internet oversight is raising alarms from a broad coalition of critics, including the U.S., tech giants such as Google and rights groups, concerned that changes could ...
Nov 26, 2012
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Foxconn admits employing underage interns in China
Taiwan's Foxconn has admitted employing children as young as 14 on assembly lines at a plant in China, a fresh blow to the tech giant that has been attacked over its treatment of staff after several suicides.
Oct 17, 2012
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Nobel Peace Prize to be announced in Oslo
(AP)—After vetting candidates for seven months, the Norwegian judges for the Nobel Peace Prize will reveal the winner of the coveted award on Friday, capping a week of Nobel Prize announcements.
Oct 12, 2012
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Philippine Supreme Court suspends cybercrime law
(AP)—The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended implementation of the country's anti-cybercrime law while it decides whether certain provisions violate civil liberties.
Oct 09, 2012
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Philippine president defends cybercrime law
Philippine President Benigno Aquino defended a new cybercrime law Friday amid a storm of protests from critics who say it will severely curb Internet freedoms and intimidate web users into self-censorship.
Oct 05, 2012
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App-ing the 'pink dollar' in Hong Kong
Paul Ramscar believes his Pink Dollar "app" is a lot more than just another snippet of smartphone software: it is a social game-changer that will help end discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Sep 30, 2012
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