Social Issues
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H&M Purged From Chinese Maps and Online Stores for Criticizing Forced Labor in Xinjiang
A cop tries to prevent photos from being taken outside an H&M store in Beijing on March 25, 2021.Photo: Greg…
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Utah Passes Porn Filter Bill That’s Not-Quite-Fully-Fleshed-Out
Photo: Rick Bowmer (AP) Utah governor Spencer Cox has signed the infamous porn filter bill. If enacted, smartphones and tablets…
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The FCC Wants to Hear How Bad Your Internet Sucks
Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP (Getty Images) The FCC announced today that it’s started soliciting first-hand accounts from people who are forced…
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WallStreetsBets Donations Send Gorilla Conservation to the Moon
#ApesTogetherStrongPhoto: Jorge Guerrero (Getty Images) The WallStreetBets subreddit has helped drive $383,000 in donations to a gorilla conservation organization this week.…
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Why Medicare for All Must Be Part of the Green New Deal
Workers evacuate from an explosion and fire at the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin on April 26, 2018.…
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California Bans “Dark Patterns” Under Landmark Privacy Law
Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA / Contributor (Getty Images) New regulations were approved under California’s Consumer Privacy Act on Monday that will…
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Uber, Lyft Team up to Expose Drivers Accused of Assault
Photo: Robyn Beck (Getty Images) Ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft are teaming up to make sure creeps who have been…
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Parler Fires iOS Team After Apple Rejects App Store Appeal: Report
The Parler App running on an iPhone.Photo: Hollie Adams (Getty Images) Parler, the social media network for people furious that…
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Republicans’ Rich White Friends Will Outlive Us All
Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images) Barring a series of increasingly tragic disasters, we’ll probably be hearing about pandemic-related political favors…
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New HIV Treatments Like Dapivirine Ring, Cabenuva Show Promise
A health worker at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WRHI) in Johannesburg, South Africa showing off a Dapivirine…
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