July 22, 2022 by Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Critics on Friday took aim at a proposed South Carolina law that would criminalize the online sharing of information about obtaining abortions and, according to some journalists, could even be used to silence stories related to reproductive rights. S.B. 1373—which one prominent defense attorney called “a breathtaking assault
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July 21, 2022 by Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Privacy, antitrust, and other advocates on Thursday sounded the alarm over Amazon's purchase of boutique healthcare company One Medical, a move that one group said "opens a terrifying new frontier in surveillance of Americans by private corporations." CNBC reports Amazon is acquiring One Medical, a San
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With each passing day, it's increasingly clear that we can't rely on the "ethics" and "value systems" of corporations to judge their own messaging around consent Imagine this: an enormous tech company is tracking what you do on your phone, even when you're not using any of its services, down to the specific images that you
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