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Police databases, key to Trump’s opioid crackdown, push addicts into black market

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“Civil rights advocates and medical groups are arguing the databases should be used to identify problem patients and get them into treatment. The American Medical Association calls for the databases to be placed under health departments rather than the police agencies and disciplinary boards that control most of them.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/29/databases-key-crackdown-on-opioids-686879

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Oklahoma Passes Most Progressive Medical Marijuana Initiative Since California’s Prop 215

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“Oklahomans for Health, the folks behind the initiative ought to be feeling pretty good right about now. They have successfully passed a very enlightened medical marijuana law in the face of opposition from the state’s Republican and religious establishment.”

Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/jun/27/oklahoma_passes_most_progressive

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CEO: Tech companies should not permit governments to use face recognition

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“In the hands of government surveillance programs and law enforcement agencies, there’s simply no way that face recognition software will be not used to harm citizens.”

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/25/facial-recognition-software-is-not-ready-for-use-by-law-enforcement/

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How Silicon Valley workers are revolting against ICE overreach

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“The growing recognition among white-collar workers that their labor is a precondition to the carrying out of unjust policies — and that if they withhold that labor, they can help bring these policies to a halt — is critical.”

Read more: https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/6/25/17500620/family-separation-policy-border-silicon-valley-microsoft-google-amazon

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Amazon employees protest sale of facial recognition software to police

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“The employees call out two specific businesses that Amazon should end: the sale of facial recognition software to law enforcement (marketed as Amazon Web Services Rekognition), and the sale of AWS cloud services to Palantir (a data analytics firm that provides ‘mission critical’ software to ICE).”

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/22/17492106/amazon-ice-facial-recognition-internal-letter-protest

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Trump urges Congress to restrict Chinese investment in U.S. tech companies

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“New legislation ‘will enhance our ability to protect the United States from new and evolving threats posed by foreign investment.'”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/27/donald-trump-back-off-investment-limits-china-use-existing-laws/737332002/

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U.S. Secret Service Demands Congress Regulate Cryptocurrencies

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“In a formal address to Congress, the U.S. Secret Service issued a stern warning regarding the illicit use of digital currencies that could have severe implications for possible future legislation.”

Read more: https://bitsonline.com/u-s-secret-service-to-congress-address-criminal-use-of-cryptocurrency-now/

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Feds ran a money-laundering operation for over a year in $20M darknet sweep

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“The core of the operation was an online money-laundering business seized by agents from Homeland Security Investigations and operated as a sting for over a year. By offering cash for bitcoin, HSI agents were able to identify specific drug dealers, ultimately tracing more than $20 million in drug-linked cryptocurrency transactions.”

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/27/17509444/dark-web-drug-market-money-laundering-hsi-dark-gold

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California To Create A ‘Ministry of Truth’ To Combat Fake News

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“The Electronic Frontier Foundation opposes the bill, calling it ‘flawed’ and ‘misguided.’ The group argues the measure would make the government and advisory group responsible for deciding what is true or false. It also points out the First Amendment prevents content-based restrictions, even if the statements of ‘admittedly false.'”

Read more: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/06/25/california-considers-fake-news-advisory-group/

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American Totalitarianism and the Culture of Fake News

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“The Pew study indicates that there is a significant cognitive problem among US people in being able to assess facts from opinions.”

Read more: https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/06/26/american-totalitarianism-and-culture-fake-news.html

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