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Gun safety activists are celebrating in Wisconsin after victims of a shooting successfully sued the gun dealer that sold the pistol used to injure them. A jury awarded over $5m in damages to two police […]
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Saudi Arabia is experiencing increased scrutiny over the severity of its penal system with a case that’s attracting global attention. The mother of a Saudi protester who has been sentenced to death by crucifixion and […]
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California now has, according to Wired, “the nation’s best digital privacy law.” Why? California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a law protecting digital privacy rights. In California, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act bars any state […]
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A 74 year old grandfather from the UK is facing 350 lashes in a public flogging for possessing wine, in Saudi Arabia where alcohol is illegal. As the Washington Post reports, Karl Andree lived in […]
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A new law came into effect on Tuesday that means telecommunications companies in Australia must hold onto metadata for two years, reports the BBC. The law covers data on calls and text message details, such […]
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A yoga writer and teacher has lost his case that claimed he should have copyright protection for a yoga sequence complete with breathing exercises. As Yoga Anonymous writes, U.S. District Court Judge Otis Wright ruled […]
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Further reports today suggest the government is under more pressure to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which became a treaty last Monday after being signed by 12 Pacific Rim countries. As today’s Bangkok Post reports, […]
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Wikileaks has released the final text for the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The TPP includes 12 nations that represent over 40% of the global GDP. Officially, this document is unavailable for public […]
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China’s international payment system for Yuan went online last week, and has so far failed to meet early market expectations, reports South China Morning Post. The “soft-launch” version of what has previously been dubbed the […]
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The US Supreme Court has chosen to ignore a case challenging the New York public school vaccination requirement, which makes it mandatory to vaccinate children before they attend public school. As The Free Thought Project […]
