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Well I officially live in a country that is throwing citizens of the #usa into #concentrationcamps because they happen to be brown, and in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I am getting pretty tan myself and insult #trump a lot.

I am glad the place I live isn't allowed to tell anyone unless it's literally an FBI investigation or something.

It's a reality that nobody is safe if someone can look a certain way and lose their #rights.

Cops’ favorite #AI tool automatically deletes #evidence of when AI was used

On Thursday, a digital #rights group, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, published an expansive investigation into AI-generated police reports that the group alleged are, by design, nearly impossible to #audit and could make it easier for cops to lie under oath.
@eff

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Ars Technica · Cops’ favorite AI tool automatically deletes evidence of when AI was usedBy Ashley Belanger

#DHS Tells #Police That Common #Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’

DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even #skateboarding and #livestreaming as signs of #violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
#rights #constitution

wired.com/story/dhs-tells-poli

WIRED · DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’By Dell Cameron

🚨"Florida lawmakers just filed a lawsuit after illegal denial of oversight visit to the Everglades detention camp."
-T Kennedy

“We filed this lawsuit bc when lawmakers are denied the legal right to conduct unannounced inspections, it’s not just a violation of the law & our state's CON,💔it puts lives at risk.”
-F Saunders

Democracy (and Oversight) Dies in Darkness.
#AlligatorAuschwitz #Detention #Immigrants #DueProcess #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Rights #Constitution #USPol drive.google.com/file/d/1HU9ix

nytimes.com/2025/07/10/busines
“Under the guidelines, tech companies will have to provide detailed breakdowns about the content used for training their algorithms, something long sought by media publishers concerned that their intellectual property is being used to trained the A.I. systems. Other rules would require the companies to conduct risk assessments to see how their services could be misused for things like creating biological weapons that pose a risk to public safety.” #ai #eu #tfeu #rights

Henna Virkkunen of the European Commission said the new law would make advanced A.I. models “not only innovative but also safe and transparent.”
The New York Times · European Union Unveils Rules for Powerful A.I. SystemsBy Adam Satariano