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Frédéric D'Astous

États-Unis : le travail des mineurs, nouvelle « guerre culturelle »

« Pour remédier à la pénurie de main-d’œuvre, plusieurs États américains ont décidé d’alléger les restrictions encadrant l’embauche des #enfants. Le sujet divise républicains et démocrates, les premiers y voyant un simple levier économique, quand les seconds dénoncent une dangereuse érosion des #protections sociales » #Éducation #USpol

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@33dBm @zeri @vfrmedia @obiwankimberly @augieray @digitalcourage @antidiskriminierung @lsvd

Personally if I was @Bundesregierung I'd order @AuswaertigesAmt & @bamf to basically rubberstamp any #trans and #nonbinary person to enter #Germany as I expect sooner or later a similar precedent to #ECHR decision re: #Women fleeing #Afghanistan under the #Taliban, that verifying someone to 'be a #US citizen and not cis and/or binary' should be enough to grant #asylum and #protections without any further hesitation.

  • I mean, all that #BAMF is doing by not simply doing so is wasting #PersonnelHours and creating #costs because people defending their case successfully will have the state pay the legal expenses...
#bamf#personnelhours#costs
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Nonilex

Probationary employees—those who were recently hired, promoted, or otherwise changed roles—have been targeted first, as they lack certain #CivilService #protections that would make them harder to fire. Thousands of workers have been terminated over the last few weeks across multiple agencies. With the new software & the use of #AI, some government employees fear that large-scale terminations could roll out even more quickly.

#USpol#Musk#Trump
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Milo Dide

Don’t let #Meta @finkd #Facebook off the hook. Demand that they reinstate their fact-checking programs, restore hate speech #protections, and prioritize the safety of all users especially those who are most vulnerable. click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u

click.actionnetwork.orgTell Meta: Reinstate Protections for Women, LGBTQ+ People, Black and Brown People on Your Platforms NOW! On the morning of January 7, less than two weeks before Trump's inauguration, Meta took a gigantic step backward at the expense of every single one of us. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a set of rollbacks to the tech giant’s content moderation policies.1 Central to these changes are Meta’s elimination of their fact-checking system and major updates to their Hateful Conduct Policy that remove protections for women and trans people. Meta’s content moderation approach is now set to resemble X’s Community Notes, according to Zuckerberg.2 Under Meta's updated policy, users will be allowed to: Refer to women as their personal property Call women and LGBTQ+ people mentally ill Argue for the economic exclusion of women and LGBTQ+ people Use the hateful term “transgenderism” and the outdated term “homosexuality” to refer to trans and LGBTQ+ people.3 And this isn't just our interpretation of the updates. Leaked training materials from Meta confirm examples of hate speech that Meta has explicitly greenlighted, including: "Women are crazy" "A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it." "Gays are freaks" "Black people are more violent than whites" "Immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit."4,5,6,7 In all, this policy overhaul provides a blank check to bad actors on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads to intimidate, harass, discriminate against, and enact violence against women, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and Black and Brown communities to mislead and disinform other users. While people have a right to speak lies if they wish, they have no right to endanger real peoples’ lives and safety by spreading those lies algorithmically to gain more clicks and money. The rollbacks also send a clear political message: Zuckerberg--who implemented the fact-checking system in 2016 after Facebook faced criticism for facilitating the spread of disinformation around Donald Trump’s first election win--is now ready to bend to Trump and his acolytes.8 This political motivation is evident, as rollbacks to Meta's fact-checking were made alongside appointments of pro-Trump Republicans to key leadership positions, deleting trans and nonbinary messenger themes, and lifting Meta's political content ban.9,10,11 Zuckerberg spoke in his statement about how these policy changes are intended to mitigate censorship and expand speech. But of course, we know who will continue to be bullied, harassed, and censored and whose speech will be allowed to flourish. Will you add your name now? Sources: 1. More Speech and Fewer Mistakes, Meta, January 7, 2025 2. Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X's, NBC News, January 7, 2025 3. GLAAD RESPONSE: META AND MARK ZUCKERBERG REMOVE LONG-STANDING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE SPEECH POLICIES AFTER ANNOUNCING END OF FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM, GLAAD, January 7, 2025 4. Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral,” The Intercept, January 9, 2025 5. “Trans People Are Freaks.” Meta Leaks Reveal Specific Anti-LGBTQ+ Content the Company Now Allows, Them, January 10, 2025 6. Leaked Facebook Documents Show Exactly How Far You’re Allowed to Turn the "Racism" Dial, The Byte, January 10, 2025 7. Inside Meta’s dehumanizing new speech policies for trans people, Platformer, January 9, 2025 8. Opinion: Meta is changing its rules and embracing Trump. What does that mean for the world? Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2025 9. How Mark Zuckerberg pivoted Meta to the right, NBC, January 8, 2025 10. Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes, 404 Media, January 10, 2025 11. Politics content to be pushed on all Instagram and Threads users, BBC, January 10, 2025
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Nonilex

The #Trump #DOJ sued the state of #Illinois & the city of #Chicago on Thurs, accusing them of impeding the Trump admin’s #immigration policies. The department seeks a court order to bar #protections for #immigrants that exist at the #state & local level.

…Acting deputy AG #EmilBove [& Trump criminal defense atty] warned in a memo during the first days of the Trump admin that officials in so-called #SanctuaryCities could face #legal action if they undermine federal immigration laws.

#law
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Nonilex

Untold numbers of front-line #health workers in the #Veterans Affairs Department, officials who process #loans for homebuyers or small businesses, & contractors who help procure the next generation of #military weaponry could all head for the exits at once. It could also mean losing experienced #food inspectors & #scientists who test the #water supply — while disrupting everything from #airTravel & #consumer #product #protections.

#labor#law#USpol
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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖

including #wolves being trapped and shattering their teeth in desperate attempts to escape, and hunters receiving financial reimbursement for wolf kills – including pups.

Expanded #WolfHunting laws and financial incentives, such as reimbursements for kills, have removed nearly all protections for wolves in #Idaho. These changes allow year-round trapping and hunting with no limits on the number of wolves killed or #protections

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