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#laws

ABC Feeds
1 day ago

Copper miner 'unlikely' to face prosecution for destroying Aboriginal artefacts, lawyer says
By Michelle Stanley

A lawyer for Yugunga-Nya traditional owners believes loopholes in WA's legislation will allow Sandfire Resources to escape prosecution for disturbing sites near Meekatharra.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-07/sandfire-resources-degrussa-mine-aboriginal-artefacts-destroyed/103196314

#Aboriginal #Copper #MiningRural #MiningandMetalsIndustry #CulturalHeritageCrimes #CulturalArtefacts #Culture #IndigenousCulture #LawCrimeandJustice #Laws #MichelleStanley

SEXTECHGUIDE
1 day ago

Pornhub owner Aylo sued for alleged sex and human trafficking weeks after ‘ethical’ rebrand: http://sextech.guide/w62k20

#HumanTrafficking #Sextech #Laws #Lawsuit #MindGeek #Safety

ABC Feeds
1 day ago

Disability advocates concerned taxi, rideshare drivers are illegally turning away assistance dog users
By Olivia Mason

Guide Dogs Australia and Equal Opportunity SA are calling on the community to be more considerate of people with a disability amid reports some people using assistance dogs have been turned away by taxi and rideshare drivers.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-07/guide-dogs-taxi-ridehshare-disability-/103198348

#CommunityandSociety #Discrimination #LawCrimeandJustice #Laws #HumanInterest #TravelandTourismLifestyleandLeisure #OliviaMason

ABC Feeds
2 days ago

Preventative detention legislation has passed. What now?
By Georgia Roberts

Preventative detention laws have been passed by the parliament as the government continues to deal with the fallout after the High Court ruled indefinite immigration detention illegal.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/preventative-detention-legislation-has-passed/103197024

#FederalGovernment #Immigration #Laws #Crime #GeorgiaRoberts

ABC Feeds
2 days ago

Queensland sex workers label laws 'draconian' amid push to decriminalise industry
By Arianna Levy

Dozens of people have rallied in Brisbane's CBD to decriminalise sex work in Queensland.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/sex-work-decriminalisation-rally-elle-coles-raven-inferno/103195658

#Sexuality #Laws #AriannaLevy

ABC Feeds
2 days ago

SA council to apply for exemption to new 'unrealistic' default speed limits on beaches
By Dixie Sulda and James Findlay

New lowered beach speed limits were introduced in South Australia last week, but one regional council will apply for an exemption to the rules.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/kingston-to-apply-for-exemption-to-new-beach-speed-limits/103192092

#FourWheelDriving #TravelandTourismLifestyleandLeisure #DriverEducation #Roads #Laws #DixieSulda #JamesFindlay

ABC Feeds
2 days ago

SA council to apply for exemption to new 'unrealistic' default speed limits on beaches
By Dixie Sulda and James Findlay

New lowered beach speed limits were introduced in South Australia last week, but one regional council will apply for an exemption to the rules.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/kingston-to-apply-for-exemption-to-new-beach-speed-limits/103192092

#FourWheelDriving #TravelandTourismLifestyleandLeisure #DriverEducation #Roads #Laws #DixieSulda #JamesFindlay

ABC Feeds
2 days ago

Queensland sex workers label laws 'draconian' amid push to decriminalise industry
By Arianna Levy

Dozens of people have rallied in Brisbane's CBD to decriminalise sex work in Queensland.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/sex-work-decriminalisation-rally-elle-coles-raven-inferno/103195658

#Sexuality #Laws #AriannaLevy

ABC Feeds
3 days ago

Bakery owner accused of having sex with underage employees upset about 'baby farm' claims, court hears
By Evelyn Leckie

A man on trial for allegedly having sex with underage female employees at his regional South Australian bakery tells the District Court that any sexual contact he had with the teenagers happened after the legal age of consent.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/sa-bakery-alleged-underage-sex-district-court/103191904

#CourtsandTrials #ChildSexualAbuse #Laws #Police #JudgesandLegalProfession #EvelynLeckie

J.M. Hill
3 days ago

Hi all! I'm doing some research for my criminal justice degree and I would really appreciate it if you would take the time to complete this survey!

https://zosffce1egu.typeform.com/to/jhAEm12L

It's about 30-ish questions, mostly multiple choice and some open form questions. Shouldn't take very long at all and would be a great help if you participate! ❤

#criminaljustice #research #laws #politics #crime #gov #government #survey #tech #technology #privacy #lawandorder #democracy #academic #university

Dr. Motte
3 days ago

@SomaFMrusty inflation, an invention by global & national elite and #cooperations !

But #laws must serve #justice !

Everywhere!

ABC Feeds
3 days ago

'Dodgy' labour hire company hit with record fine over underpayment, mistreatment of workers
By Angus Verley

An unlicensed business has been fined more than $600,000, the largest penalty in Australian labour hire licensing law history, for repeatedly supplying underpaid workers to horticulture sites around Melbourne.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/labour-hire-company-largest-fine-history/103183902

#FarmLabour #LabourMarket #Work #VegetableCrops #Laws #AngusVerley

ABC Feeds
4 days ago

Grey nomad couple with nowhere to go call for council compassion on backyard camping
By Tyrone Dalton

Mal and Maggie Butcher have spent years on the road after selling their house. While they love their camper, ill health has slowed them down and they have no permanent site options without drawing the ire of local council.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/camper-couple-wants-compassion-to-meet-regulation-when-councils-/103185022

#Homelessness #AgeingPopulation #HousingMarket #LocalGovernment #Laws #TyroneDalton

ABC Feeds
4 days ago

Rise in medicinal cannabis clinics with dedicated GPs caters to exponential growth in legal drug use
By Gemma Sapwell

More people are using medical cannabis than ever, but does the explosion in clinics and online services meet the holistic approach to healthcare?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/medicinal-cannabis-clinics-and-online-services-booming/103060940

#Cannabis #Pharmaceuticals #MentalWellbeing #PharmaceuticalIndustry #GeneralPractice #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #Chemistry #AlternativeMedicine #Laws #HealthPolicy #HealthAdministration #MentalHealth #Health #GemmaSapwell

Uwe Sinha
4 days ago

@SheDrivesMobility Hartge's Second Law: "Wer mit den Lebensumständen einer anderen Person argumentiert, um diese Person dadurch anzugreifen oder in ein schlechtes Licht zu rücken, hat keine Argumente mehr und damit automatisch verloren." #Usenet #Laws

ABC Feeds
4 days ago

Adelaide man accused of murdering Maria Dimasi phoned police on the night of her death, court hears
By Ethan Rix

The Port Adelaide Magistrates Court hears Francesco Dimasi, who is charged with murdering his 85-year-old wife in Adelaide's west, was heavily intoxicated on the night he allegedly killed his wife. WARNING: This story contains distressing details.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-04/maria-dimasi-accused-faces-port-adelaide-magistrates-court/103187292

#CommunityandSociety #DeathandDying #LawCrimeandJustice #Laws #Police #JudgesandLegalProfession #Crime #CourtsandTrials #DomesticViolence #EthanRix

ABC Feeds
4 days ago

Cattle industry seeking up to $900 million to settle live export ban class action
By Daniel Fitzgerald

The 215-strong group from northern Australia's cattle industry has been negotiating with the federal government over the compensation figure for three years, and has twice knocked back an offer of $215 million.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-04/live-export-class-action-counter-offer-900m-federal-government/103186574

#BeefCattle #Laws #FederalGovernment #DanielFitzgerald

ABC Feeds
4 days ago

Woman told to stop taking medication so she could 'plead insanity' before attempted smothering, court hears

An Adelaide woman accused of attempting to smother a paralysed man who was recovering at a rehabilitation centre from a separate alleged axe attack, is released on bail.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-04/letitcia-fortune-granted-bail-after-attempt-murder/103185476

#Crime #CourtsandTrials #JudgesandLegalProfession #Police #Laws

ABC Feeds
5 days ago

Serious violent and sexual offenders could be locked up again under new preventative detention regime
By Monte Bovill

Serious violent and sexual offenders released following last month's landmark High Court ruling on indefinite detention could soon be behind bars again under proposed laws to expand Australia's preventative detention regime.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-03/crime-violent-offenders-federal-government-new-laws-dan-tehan/103183150

#FederalParliament #ImmigrationPolicy #CrimePrevention #Laws #MonteBovill

ABC Feeds
5 days ago

Suicides, bankruptcies, marriage breakdowns: Could this be a watershed moment for Australia's scandal-prone franchising industry?
By Adele Ferguson

The franchising industry has been besieged by numerous scandals and many reviews in recent years, but little has changed. Now a new government review could be a watershed moment — so long as it gets it right, writes Adele Ferguson.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-03/australia-franchising-industry-scandals-new-treasury-review/103175984

#BusinessEconomicsandFinance #SmallBusiness #Laws #ConsumerProtection #Work #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #AdeleFerguson

ABC Feeds
5 days ago

Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Axl Rose and Bill Cosby have all been sued for historic sexual assaults in the past month. What's going on?
By Velvet Winter

More than 3,700 legal claims were filed in the 12 months the Adult Survivors Act was active, with many coming against big-name celebrities and a handful of politicians.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-03/adult-survivors-act-sean-diddy-combs-axl-rose-donald-trump/103181160

#Laws #LawCrimeandJustice #VelvetWinter

Freemind
6 days ago

Starting from February 1, 2024, hosting providers not listed in the registry will be prohibited from operating, while those included must offer hosting services only after proper user identification.

#Cybersecurity #Hosting #Internet #Laws #Russia #Privacy

https://cybersec84.wordpress.com/2023/12/02/new-russian-regulations-require-user-identification-on-hosting-platforms/

ABC Feeds
6 days ago

Federal government to use existing Coalition-era terror laws as a basis for new preventative detention regime
By David Speers

The ABC understands new legislation aimed at locking up some of the non-citizens released following last month's landmark High Court ruling will go to cabinet on Monday morning.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-03/free-detainee-laws-based-on-coalition-era-terror-laws/103181494

#FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #Laws #CourtsandTrials #Terrorism #DavidSpeers

Problematic Facts
6 days ago

In Vatican City, it’s illegal to look up at the Sun between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

It has something to do with astrology.

#Vatican #VaticanCity #laws #interestingfacts #problematicfacts

In Vatican City, it’s illegal to look up at the Sun between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Problematic Facts
1 week ago

In Norway, owning a black umbrella is prohibited by law.

Blue umbrella’s are perfectly legal.

#Norway #laws #interestingfacts #problematicfacts

In Norway, owning a black umbrella is prohibited by law.
ABC Feeds
1 week ago

Does WA's justice system have a 'light-touch' approach to serious offenders?
By Jane Murphy

Former WA police commissioner Karl O'Callaghan and former Prisoner Review Board chair Allan Fenbury have concerns about the state's approach to bail, parole and sentencing.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-01/police-commissioner-prison-review-justice-system-crime-wa/103174062

#Police #Crime #PrisonsandPunishment #CrimePrevention #StateandTerritoryParliament #CourtsandTrials #Laws #Teenagers #JaneMurphy

ABC Feeds
1 week ago

What does a recycling emoji or the word 'sustainable' mean in an online ad? A lot of the time, nothing at all
By Casey Briggs

How environmentally friendly are the goods you are buying? And how true are the big "green" claims advertisers are making in online ads? New research shows it's easy for marketers to imply their products are "sustainable" without necessarily backing it up.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-01/advertisers-claim-products-clean-green-sustainable-consumers/103172196

#ConsumerGoods #Consumers #Laws #RetailIndustry #OnlineShopping #AdvertisingInformationandCommunication #CaseyBriggs

ABC Feeds
1 week ago

What does a recycling emoji or the word 'sustainable' mean in an online ad? A lot of the time, nothing at all
By Casey Briggs

How environmentally friendly are the goods you are buying? And how true are the big "green" claims advertisers are making in online ads? New research shows it's easy for marketers to imply their products are "sustainable" without necessarily backing it up.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-01/advertisers-claim-products-clean-green-sustainable-consumers/103172196

#ConsumerGoods #Consumers #Laws #RetailIndustry #OnlineShopping #AdvertisingInformationandCommunication #CaseyBriggs

Pyrzout :vm:
1 week ago
ABC Feeds
1 week ago

Can declaring yourself a 'sovereign citizen' get you out of a traffic fine?
By Bruce MacKenzie

Former magistrate David Heilpern likens the sovereign citizen movement to a cult, and says websites promising associated legal loopholes are selling lies and should be shut down.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-30/sovereign-citizen-websites-traffic-fines-former-magistrate/103165906

#Laws #BruceMacKenzie

ABC Feeds
1 week ago

Labor enters unchartered territory in a bid to avoid disaster over the High Court's indefinite detention ruling
By David Speers

The Albanese government is under pressure and Peter Dutton is buoyed by the shift. Potential for disaster is waiting if the government can't land a workable fix to the mess left by the High Court ruling on detainees, writes David Speers.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-30/border-force-immigration-labor-high-court/103165908

#FederalParliament #FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #AnthonyAlbanese #CourtsandTrials #ImmigrationPolicy #Immigration #Laws #DavidSpeers

ABC Feeds
1 week ago

'What's to be afraid of?': Cannabis stunt pulled in NSW parliament during legalisation bill bid
By Isobel Roe

Jeremy Buckingham produced a 'bud' of medicinal cannabis in NSW parliament on Wednesday, which he said he obtained with a prescription.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-29/nsw-legalise-cannabis-party-bill-parliament/103166710

#StateandTerritoryParliament #Cannabis #Laws #DrugandSubstanceAbuse #Drugs #DrugOffences #IsobelRoe

ABC Feeds
1 week ago

Ten new crimes will be added to Queensland's double jeopardy legislation. Here's what it means
By Rachel Riga

People could be retried for offences like manslaughter and rape under proposed changes to overhaul double jeopardy laws in Queensland.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-29/queensland-double-jeopardy-law-changes-explained/103160494

#Crime #Laws #GovernmentandPolitics #RachelRiga

Gregory B Sadler
1 week ago

We're getting close to the end of part 2 of Immanuel Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics. Here's a core concept video on an important distinction he draws between different kinds of laws of nature

https://youtu.be/376igawvTR8
#Video #Kant #Nature #Laws #Experience #Science

urbanaid
1 week ago
Joseph Lim :mastodon:
1 week ago

New Zealand’s bid to repeal tobacco ban a blow to global anti-smoking efforts: critics
" #Health and tobacco campaigners said on Monday that #NewZealand’s plan to #repeal #laws that would ban #tobacco sales for future generations #threatenedlives and put international efforts to #curbsmoking at risk .. A ban on smoking for future generations was subsequently proposed in the #UnitedKingdom, with other countries also considering similar rules." #CapturedLegislature
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3243001/new-zealands-bid-repeal-tobacco-ban-blow-global-anti-smoking-efforts-critics?utm_source=rss_feed

Nando161
1 week ago

giving up #alcohol again after this weekend just gone... had enough... stupid #drug #laws in #australia can eat shit, plenty of more safer #drugs to consume than alcohol within moderation etc etc....

Windspeaker.com
2 weeks ago

Bayside Development Corporation, the #business arm of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation, has embedded Mi’kmaw worldview into its business responsibilities.

Traditional #laws and #customs are captured in eight principles the corporation uses as a lens to evaluate #economic opportunity.

CEO Rose Paul explained Bayside’s philosophy during a keynote speech at the Indigenomics Bay Street conference in Toronto.

https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/first-nation-leader-provides-mikmaw-worldview-economic-reconciliation

#Indigenous #FirstNations #economy #Indigenomics #reconciliation

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RememberUsAlways
2 weeks ago

Unpopular Facts:

As soon as the #Palestinians posted #rape videos of #women and #children #hostages online, they sacrificed any safety from international #law
#laws can only protect you if you have a history of trust and integrity.

The videos of October 7th attacks on #Israel posted by #hamas is all the evidence needed.
#genevaconvention
@palestine
@israel

Taylor Twellman 🤖
2 weeks ago

“The hands/arms are exempt from the offside, since no advantage can be gained by hand/arm as stated in the handball rules in football. On the contrary, any legal part of the head, body or feet can be considered when making the offside.” #Laws https://twitter.com/aust1ntexas/st…

@TaylorTwellman Arm says it all in the refs book.
rexi
2 weeks ago

https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-ai/robots-are-coming-to-a-battlefield-near-you
Lethal autonomous weapons, #LAWs or #killerrobots
US #AIpowered quadcopters, F-16's

“Thinking of it as a race …could potentially lead…where #AIsystems are being built…out of this fear that a foreign state might do what we do not…there’s no way to know where the race actually ends."

@jshermcyber:"a risk of the US and #China constantly trying to one-up each other in the latest and greatest, and the most lethal technology just becomes more and more dangerous over time.”

Some Geek Told Me
2 weeks ago

In Vermont, USA, there is a law still on the books, that states that a woman must obtain written permission from her husband if she wishes to wear false teeth. #Laws

Prof Felipe Gusmao
2 weeks ago

5 things we need to see in Australia's new #nature laws

https://theconversation.com/5-things-we-need-to-see-in-australias-new-nature-laws-217271

> A group of prominent #environmental scientists devised this list of 5 things we must see in #Australia’s new national environmental #laws, if we are to avoid calamity and hasten recovery.

1. A #climate trigger
2. #Habitat means homes for #wildlife
3. Setting clear objectives and measuring outcomes
4. An independent umpire
5. A Voice for #Country and #culture

We must do better

#Conservation #EnvironmentalEthics

An Australian Wetland

They keep telling us!
And we see it with our own eyes!
#LAWS DON'T APPLY TO THEM

POWER at any cost.
#stephenmiller #PROJECT2025

CryptoNewsBot
2 weeks ago

SEC sues Kraken alleging it violated securities laws - The SEC alleged Kraken operated as an unregistered exchange, brok... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-sues-kraken-for-securities-laws-violations #paywardventures #krakensuedsec #secsueskraken #securities #seckraken #kraken #laws #suit #sec

getmisch
3 weeks ago

Staggering ruling today from AZ & 8th Circuit, ignoring generations of precedent. They'd never admit it, but this is legislating from the bench to prevent people from challenging laws so you can keep them down where you want them. Definitely headed to SCOTUS.
#Voting #RIghts #Act #what #was #left is #now #gutted #worthless | #voters #cannot #challenge #voting #laws, #only the #people #who #made #them | #ridiculous #ruling #conservatives #cheat #because #they can't #win https://www.npr.org/2023/11/20/1152732216/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-section-2-private-right-of-action

Pyrzout :vm:
3 weeks ago

FCC Enforces Stronger Rules to Protect Customers Against SIM Swapping Attacks https://thehackernews.com/2023/11/fcc-enforces-stronger-rules-to-protect.html?&web_view=true #Regulations #Policy #Laws

SEXTECHGUIDE
3 weeks ago

"Australian authorities have not ruled out introducing age verification for online porn in the future, with the government saying it was keeping an eye on the UK’s Online Safety Bill, to see what could be learned from its implementation." http://sextech.guide/1tvwug2

#AgeVerification #Laws #Regulations #sextech

Delphi
3 weeks ago

If #Tories can make-up #laws to #legislate a #lie what will their #legislation do next? Will then send anyone on #benefits to #Rwanda, will they #outlaw #SickLeave? Will they make it #illegal to live if you're over 60 & can't #work? #Democracy has ended in the #UK. How do we get it back?

Delphi
3 weeks ago

This is beyond ridiculous & is another illustration that the #Tories are out of control:
#RishiSunak says he will pass emergency #law declaring #Rwanda is a safe country after #supremecourt ruling.
A #country doesn't become safe just because the #PM says so. #Laws are not for #Tory gain.
It really is #Orwellian now. What next, The #Ministry of #Truth? #UK #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/15/rishi-sunak-to-bring-in-emergency-law-after-courts-rwanda-ruling

BellingenNSW
3 weeks ago

Poor laws contributing to an estimated 11,000 Australian transport pollution deaths each year

"Inadequate laws, along with government inaction, are contributing to an estimated 11,000 Australian premature deaths from transport pollution every year, according to a new report released by the Environmental Defenders Office."
https://www.edo.org.au/2023/11/01/poor-laws-contributing-to-an-estimated-11000-australian-transport-pollution-deaths-each-year/

"The report Toxic Transport: How Our Pollution Laws Are Failing to Protect Our Health found that Australian governments are failing to properly set targets and monitor air pollution that meet the World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality guidelines. As a result, there is an absence of measures to effectively protect people from air pollution from transport."
https://www.edo.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/EDO_TransportPollutionReport_FINAL_2.pdf
#pollution #transport #cars #trucks #air #roads #WHO #laws #regulation

🙃 ɐıunp zsɐɯoʇ :idle:
3 weeks ago

Whatever you do the #EuropeanUnion has a regulation that can be used to annihilate your evil plan 😂
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#YouTube’s #AdBlocking crackdown is facing a new challenge: #privacy #laws - #TheVerge #TDBNews
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/7/23950513/youtube-ad-blocker-crackdown-privacy-advocates-eu

Hobbyists Push Back Against #3DPrinter Crackdowns
As some #lawmakers look for ways to reduce #gun violence, they’ve shifted their sights to 3D printers, introducing and, in at least one case, passing laws that would restrict their sales. #Laws in #NewYork and #California could make it tougher to buy a 3D printer.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/hobbyists-push-back-against-3d-printer-crackdowns #ghostguns

Schneier on Security RSS
4 weeks ago

Ten Ways AI Will Change Democracy

Artificial intelligence will change so many aspects of society, largely in ways that we cannot conceive of yet. Democracy, and the systems of governance that surround it, will be no exception. In this short essay, I want to move beyond the “... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/11/ten-ways-ai-will-change-democracy.html

#artificialintelligence #Uncategorized #laws #LLM

PeachMcD
4 weeks ago

@jeffowski

People really would stand in solidarity with other humans if so much 💵💵💵 wasn't invested in telling us to identify with a silo called 'US' and then telling us those folks outside our silos (THEM) aren't human

ANYTHING we let #laws & #cops & #policies do to someone else, #Kapital will eventually do to 'US'

I understand #Fascism to be what I was taught to call it when #Capitalism started doing to wytepipo what it's been doing to #BIPOC folks the whole entire f'ing time

HonkHase
1 month ago

Wenn Du "bei der Steuerung einer Drohne" fröhlich lächelst, und die #Militär, #Drohnen und #LAWS Bubble sich über das "cute smiling" freut, wenn eine Waffe zum #Töten gesteuert wird 🤢
#AllesAnzünden
https://www.n-tv.de/leute/Kate-wirft-sich-in-den-Tarnanzug-article24519642.html

Freemind
1 month ago

According to Mozilla, these changes could significantly strengthen the ability of EU governments to monitor their citizens, giving them the tools to intercept encrypted internet traffic across the EU.

#Europe #Laws #Internet #Privacy

https://cybersec84.wordpress.com/2023/11/08/eu-passes-new-law-allowing-governments-to-intercept-web-traffic/

BellingenNSW
1 month ago

More native plants and species at risk of extinction as Australia enters worst bushfire season since 2019’s black summer

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek:
"Housing developers also needed to play a role in ensuring new homes were not coming at the cost of threatened species, she said...[We need to make sure] if we’re going to build housing, we’re still protecting the most important areas and we’re also doing things like planting new wildlife corridors to connect up bits of remnant bushland. We need to have better laws, but we also need to send a strong message to developers to say nobody wants to live in hot, baking dry, new developments. You do better with developing places where people want to live … where they can see mature trees left in places, where they can see areas of natural bushland remaining.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/australian-bushfires-threaten-native-plants-animals-species-endangered
#wildlife #connectivity #koalas #TheGreatKoalaGhetto #sprawl #laws #biodiversity #extinction #ThreatenedSpecies

Nonilex
1 month ago

The justices were taking their first extensive look at the fallout from their 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn v. #Bruen, which requires the govt to point to historical analogues when defending #laws that limit #SecondAmendment #rights.

The decision has created considerable churn in lower courts, w/dozens of #GunControl laws declared suspect as a result of the justices’ new test.

Alexf24
1 month ago

America

The land of gun care and health control

#Guns #Laws #Murder #Massacre #MAGA #GOP #GQP #NRA #Corruption

An American flag. Image says:

America
The land of gun care and health control
BellingenNSW
2 months ago

The Nature Positive Plan, data and consultation

Reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act must enshrine a fair say for the community
https://www.wilderness.org.au/news-events/epbc-act-must-enshrine-a-fair-say-for-community

"Meaningful public participation – involves restoring trust in the system. This requires transparency, proper consultation, and the public’s right to challenge decisions in the courts".

"Meaningful consultation requires time, expertise, and properly funded expert bodies that can build a culture of continuous improvement. Again, Australia’s record to date has been piecemeal and poor."

"To get agreement, we need a better way than the standard project-based approval processes and private negotiations between developers and landowners. The underlying principle must be that all citizens, not just directly affected groups, bear the burden of advancing the common good."

"These elements are: good environmental information, regional environmental planning and meaningful public participation."
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https://theconversation.com/how-to-beat-rollout-rage-the-environment-versus-climate-battle-dividing-regional-australia-213863

"Australia lags badly in gathering and assembling essential environmental information. Without it, we are flying blind."
https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_departments/Parliamentary_Library/Budget/reviews/2023-24/Environment

#consultation #energy #transition #electricity #laws #roads #protests #climate #NaturePositive #data #renewables #governance #transparency #rights #EPBCAct #conservation #biodiversity #PublicParticipation #extinction

Schneier on Security RSS
2 months ago

AI and US Election Rules

If an AI breaks the rules for you, does that count as breaking the rules? This is the essential question being taken up by the Federal Election Commission this month, and public input is needed to curtail the potential for AI to take US campaigns ... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/10/ai-and-us-election-rules.html

#artificialintelligence #Uncategorized #deepfake #essays #voting #laws

Nonilex
2 months ago

“If any party or #counsel violates these restrictions or the other #laws or obligations by which they are bound, I will, either upon receipt of a motion or sua sponte, consider #sanctions as may be necessary. Thank you.
“We're adjourned.”

#legal #law #criminal #conspiracy #obstruction #ElectionInterference #Chutkan #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith #WitnessIntimidation #JuryTampering #GagOrder

Ferdi Magellan
2 months ago

#Disinformation #Conspiracies #SovereignCitizens #ComplicitMedia #Auspol #Civics #Government #laws #Democracy

“…Pleas about holding power to account, procedural fairness and equality will fall on deaf ears for those who in their everyday lives experience the opposite. We have to walk the talk, and make the system we seek to defend live up to its promise of integrity and equality before the law.

“We ignore this at our peril.

From: @MacPherson
https://aus.social/@MacPherson/111241880595400373

The #HomeOffice admitted that #trans #issues had been “heavily discussed” across the #UK and that the hostile #political #discussion by #rightwing #media, #politicians, and #socialmedia #pundits could have led to an increase in #Hate #offences.

— The #UK must end the #Antitrans #moralpanic in the media, and actively start to #enforce their #hatespeech and #hatecommunications #laws.

Nonilex
2 months ago

Um, no bueno

DHS announced that the #Biden admin waived 26 federal laws to allow #border #wall construction

The #CleanAirAct, #SafeDrinkingWater Act & #EndangeredSpecies Act were some of the #federal #laws waived by #DHS to make way for construction that will use funds from a congressional appropriation in 2019 for #BorderWall construction. The waivers avoid time-consuming reviews & lawsuits challenging violation of #environmental laws.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/biden-administration-waives-26-federal-laws-border-wall-103738662

Nonilex
2 months ago

That’s what happened last year to a #Louisiana #woman whose water broke 16 wks into her #pregnancy, long before a fetus is viable. Because the #hospital was concerned about violating the state’s #laws, which #ban #abortion at ALL stages of pregnancy, the #patient was denied a dilation & evacuation, a standard #abortion procedure. Instead she was forced to spend hours delivering a nonviable fetus.

Nonilex
2 months ago

#Michigan #Republican Party faces #financial turmoil, bank records show

The #MI #GOP had about $35,000 in its bank accounts in August, according to internal records that flash new warning signs about the dire state of the GOP's #finances & raise questions about whether the organization is complying w/ #campaign #finance #laws.

#law #legal #FEC
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/29/michigan-republican-party-faces-financial-turmoil-bank-records-show/71003017007/

C.
2 months ago

@LALegault

Parenting licenses are a great idea.

But I'm not quite sure about this ... well, it's not a debate, maybe an argy-bargy ...

One side says "we want to #raise our #children, #schools have no #right to #exclude us from #decisions involving them".

The other says "schools need to exclude #parents because parents are too #dangerous to the children".

If there are parents who are truly that dangerous to their children, don't we have #laws and #agencies to move the kids to safer spaces?

Nonilex
2 months ago

#Tesla workers faced #slurs, #racist graffiti & #retaliation, #federal #suit says

#ElonMusk’s EV company Tesla allowed racial #harassment of its #Black employees to run rampant at its Fremont, CA, plant & retaliated against some workers who complained, the federal agency charged w/ enforcing #CivilRights #laws alleged in a #lawsuit Thurs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/28/tesla-federal-lawsuit-racial-harassment/

Seriously, someone should stop pitching #Republiqans exploits from #2b2t as #laws...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77BfMnpkq4Q

Nonilex
3 months ago

“​​#Loper Bright is a case seeking to restore one of the core tenets of our democracy: that Congress, not the administrative agency, makes the laws,” the #Koch network spokesperson said.

(#Chevron never said that #congress did not make the #laws. It only says that the #agencies design #regulations to implement the laws that Congress makes.)

Nando161
3 months ago

Wow what an interesting way to say "#countries with strong #employee protection #laws aren't at the mercy of tech #billionaires in late stage #capitalism" but with a real #bootlicker angle.

Wow what an interesting way to say "countries with strong employee protection laws aren't at the mercy of tech billionairs in late stage capitalism" but with a real boot licker angle.
Nando161
3 months ago

fuck you hostile architecture fuck you requiring proof of #someone’s address fuck you removing benches fuck you street sweeps fuck you pay-to-unlock bathrooms fuck you anti-encampment #laws fuck you parking meters fuck you #homeless shelters/hostels that make you pay, that have a cap on the amount of personal belongings you can have, that have rampant unaddressed #abuse fuck you #antihomeless laws fuck you police fuck you fuck #everything that criminalises being homeless :antifa_100: :fuck_verify: :fuck_face: :acab: :acab2: :acabkitty: :nocops: :pig_cop: :txt_eff_the_cops: :fuck_face:

@TeflonTrout @larsfrommars more like chew toy...

Either way as much as people dismiss this #InconvenientTruth that #Rules, #Laws and #Enforcement is a #NecessaryEvil...

How this is done is a different question tho and one that we should have as societies...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Rm3tuMFTI

@larsfrommars *nodds in agreement*

A lot of #anarchists completely dismiss the reason why #rules, #laws and #structures exist.

Because they completely dismiss the fact that they are either #SocialDarwinists but too cowardly to admit they want #disabled and #marginalized people to get killed by #revolution or that their "new order" is just a different form of #Governance with the same principles, but THEY ARE AT THE LEVERS!

Your Autistic Life
3 months ago

"DC councilmember launches plan to address violence 'crisis' in the District"

Yes, I've read the article. Can someone explain to me how this is not the same old bloody recipe rehashed and reused for the umpteenth time?

"OMG! Crime!"

"Oh! I know. Let's toughen our laws and pay a bit of lip service to social justice in the hope that this time, contrarily to the 19395838 times we've gone down this road, it will work!"

Stop paying lip service to social justice. You won't make a dent in crime until you do this.

#USPol #USNews #DistrictOfColumbia #crime #SocialJustice #laws

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-violent-crime-rising-district-council-summer-recess-return-address-public-safety-councilmember-brooke-pinto-secure-dc-plan-crisis-prevention-residents-interventions-police-first-responders

Nonilex
3 months ago

Critics saw the move as a throwback to the #corrupt 19th-century #PatronageSystem, when all #federal #jobs were #partisan spoils rather than based on #merit. #Congress ended that system with a series of #CivilService #laws dating back to the Pendleton Act of 1883. Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of #GovernmentEmployees, described #ScheduleF as “the most profound undermining of the civil service in our lifetimes.”

Nonilex
3 months ago

Some #states are even exploring options to potentially prosecute people who help #women travel out of state to obtain an #abortion.

In the early #legal skirmishing over this agenda, opponents including the federal #DOJ have won a surprising number of decisions, mostly in #FederalCourt, blocking #states from implementing the new #laws.

Nonilex
3 months ago

The sweeping #redstate drive to roll back #CivilRights & #liberties

by Ron Brownstein

Since 2021, #Republican-controlled states have passed a swarm of #laws to restrict #VotingRights, increase penalties for #public #protest, impose new restrictions on #transgender youth, #BanBooks, & limit what #teachers, #college #professors, & #employers can say about #race, #gender, & #SexualOrientation.

#AbortionRights
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/09/supreme-court-republican-civil-rights/675265/

Nonilex
3 months ago

The case followed a highly unusual path —one blazed by a five-justice #conservative majority who seemed determined to strike a blow against #CampaignFinance restrictions.

Initially, the dispute centered on whether a conservative #nonprofit’s unflattering documentary on fmr Democratic presidential candidate #HillaryClinton violated campaign finance #laws.

Nonilex
3 months ago

the probes have combined to raise the question of whether #Leo’s groups have taken advantage of lax #disclosure #laws to send additional business & funds to #GinniThomas, among others…. That would be legal as long as Thomas was providing services commensurate w/the payments.

“The real question then is, ‘what is Ginni Thomas qualified to do, what did they pay her to do, and was it fair market value?’” said Laura Solomon, a PA tax atty who reps hundreds of #charitable & other #TaxExempt orgs….

Nonilex
3 months ago

The movement’s triumphs are now visible but its engine remains hidden: A billion-dollar network of groups, most of which are registered as #TaxExempt #charities or #SocialWelfare orgs. Taking advantage of gaps in #disclosure #laws, they shield the IDs of most of their #donors & some of the recipients of the #funds. Among those who’ve been paid by the groups are… individuals w/close personal ties to #Leo — including a whopping $7M to a group run by a close friend & his wife.

Michal Bryxí 🌱
4 months ago

1st of August is Swiss National Day. During public holidays I'm forbidden to use the washing machine, because it would make too much noise. But(!) it's completely fine for random people and(!) the city to organise fireworks. 🤔🤷‍♂️

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_National_Day

#Switzerland #SwissNationalDay #Fireworks #Laws

Person in front of washing machine reading a sign while there are fireworks in the background; Comics
Anne
5 months ago

Fines - do you think they should be based on income? For example, should a millionaire face the same fine for speeding as a minimum wage earner? Or should it be based on a percentage of income in order to have a more equal impact? The way fines are now, there is no incentive for the wealthy to follow the rules or laws. Lower income earners are more adversely influenced impacted. #fines #laws if you want to boost for more responses, that would be cool too.

#Attitudes on #samesexmarriage in #Japan are #shifting, but #laws aren't, yet.

#Japan is the only country among the so-called #G7 #industrialized #nations that does not allow #samesexmarriage. But #momentum for #change is growing, thanks in large part to #couples who've stepped out of the shadows to push for #equality and #inclusion — despite the #PersonalRisks.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #Japan #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-same-sex-marriage-lgbtq-pride-attitudes-shift-not-laws/

Easelbitch™️ :verified:
5 months ago

#Three #Laws of #Robotics

First Law
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Second Law
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

Third Law
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

SomeGadgetGuy
5 months ago

"The Court also ruled that colleges and universities may consider in admissions decisions “an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.” We will certainly comply with the Court’s decision."

Supreme Court Decision - Harvard Admissions Lawsuit
https://www.harvard.edu/admissionscase/2023/06/29/supreme-court-decision/

Who could have guessed that a small army of Harvard Law professors would be tactically proficient at malicious compliance...

#news #scotus #affirmativeaction #college #harvard #law #laws #harvardlaw #maliciouscompliance

getmisch
5 months ago

It's now law here: I cannot discriminate against you because of your religion, but you can discriminate against me because of your religion. Expand the illegitimate Supreme Court.
#ExpandTheCourt #illegitimate #SCOTUS #SCOTUSisCORRUPT #corrupt #court #LGBTQ #rights #are #human rights #discrimination is #legal for #religious #zealots & #bigots #protections #stripped #legislating #from #the #bench by #definition #US #civil #laws #overturned #bought #judges

A photo showing all nine current U.S. Supreme Court justices, standing all in one row. Above them is the text "It's now law here: I cannot discriminate against you because of your religion, but you can discriminate against me because of your religion.  Expand the illegitimate Supreme Court."
Steve Frenzel
5 months ago

Today in two years, "the requirements of the #EuropeanAccessibilityAct must have been implemented".

I'm very excited about this and hope this will have the same impact as the whole topic of data privacy in #Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Accessibility_Act

#EAA #accessibility #a11y #disability #laws

2/ 🧵

Now, what if that giant #database is used to train #AI platforms like #MidJourney or #StabilityAI or #DeviantArt ??

And what if those AI platforms create #artwork BASED on your work?

What if they make a huge #profit off the backs of you and other artists?

➡️ SAD FACT: it's happening right now.

Join me for a deep dive into the #lawsuit to fight back, the #tech and #laws behind #copyright and the recent #scotus decision on Andy Warhol.

It's fascinating.

https://www.technologytalk.net/p/episode-92-midjourney-vs-the-artists

# The case for optimism about LGBTQ rights in the United States

* The
#SupremeCourt's (#SCOTUS) decision in Bostock v. Clayton County (2020) has created a new #legal #framework for #challenging #antiLGBTQ #discrimination.
*
#LowerCourt #judges have been receptive to this new #framework, and have #struck down several #state #laws that #discriminate against #LGBTQ people.
* Some of the state laws that have been struck down include
#bans on #GenderAffirming #care for #minors, laws that #restrict #transgender people's #access to #bathrooms and #sports, and laws that allow #businesses to #discriminate against LGBTQ people.
* The future of LGBTQ rights in the United States remains uncertain, as the Supreme Court could overturn Bostock in the future.
* The Bostock decision was a 6-3 ruling, with conservative justices John Roberts and Neil Gorsuch joining the liberal minority.
* The decision was based on the interpretation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.
* The decision has been used to challenge a wide range of anti-LGBTQ laws, including those that restrict transgender people's access to bathrooms and sports.

https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/6/26/23752360/supreme-court-lgbtq-transgender-bathrooms-sports-gender-affirming-care-bostock

Inautilo
6 months ago

#Development #Collections
48 laws, rules, and principles of web development · Four dozen suggestions for web and software developers https://ilo.im/13i8j0

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#Laws #Rules #Principles #Guidelines #Suggestions #Inspirations #Software #WebDevelopment #WebDev #Frontend #Backend #Code

Bo Morgan
6 months ago

#introduction

I fight for the users.

I love programming and thinking and talking about thinking. I have an education (BS, MS, PhD) focused on artificial intelligence and neuroscience.

I'm an advocate of the public academic pursuit of knowledge, the scientific process, peer review, and I see open source software and hardware as an essential part of the scientific process.

I see software user rights, including security and privacy, to be protected mainly by free open source software, specifically software with a copyleft license, i.e. GPL or Mozilla.

I see the democratizing effects of the Internet, including distributed journalism and social networking, to be largely the effect of the collaborative development of free and open source software.

I am interested in free and open source manufacturing, including open source 3D printers and CNC machines. I believe open source manufacturing will be important for distributed manufacturing, allowing local manufacturing and local labor.

I see worker-owned coops as the way to safely transition from a non-democratic authoritarian top-down power structure of a traditional corporation to a democratic work environment, where the workers own the company and elect the board of directors, transitioning to democracy in the workplace.

I believe that socialism is a regulatory response to capitalism.

I believe that laws, money, corporations, and government are social agreements, and I'm in favor of democratic social agreements.

I believe in the organized non-violent boycott as a way to control capitalists and change corrupt systems.

I am a pacifist. I am against violence. I am against citizens keeping guns in cities and towns with children. I am against war.

I try to eat plant-based / vegan foods to boycott the animal industry, to help with the climate crisis, to improve my health, to avoid animal cruelty, and to avoid the extinction of species of plants, animals and ecosystems.

I have been diagnosed with Retinitus Pigmentosa, which is a disease of progressive retinal degeneration. I am legally blind, although I have about 5-degrees of vision remaining in my fovea. I'm interested in researching and developing BCIs (Brain-Computer Interfaces), specifically BCIs that function as vision prostheses that may help with conditions like RP, or the more common degenerative retinal disease AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration).

I enjoy playing computer games like Age of Empires and Rimworld. I used to program computer games when I was younger and would like to get back to it one day.

I love playing music, especially bass guitar. I've been listening to a lot of Rage Against the Machine and Enya recently.

I enjoy reading books, mostly non-fiction.

I enjoy studying religions. I've found a lot of value in Buddhism, and I meditate often daily.

Nina and I have recently had our first baby, a boy we call Tyoma.

I'm currently working at Apple on the Vision Pro headset team.

#users #fightforusers #userrights #programming #thinking #thinkingaboutthinking #ai #artificialintelligence #neuroscience #journalism #science #scientificprocess #peerreview #foss #fosh #flosh #floss #freeandopensource #freedomsoftware #libresoftware #copyleft #gpl #agpl #mozilla #license #ls #academia #privacy #security #democracy #internet #socialnetwork #distributed #cnc #3dprinting #locallabor #localmanufacturing #coop #workerowned #democracyatwork #regulation #laws #money #corporations #government #socialagreement #boycott #controlcapital #nonviolent #pacifist #antivolence #antigun #noguns #schoolshooting #antiwar #plantbased #vegan #climatecrisis #animalindustry #animalcruelty #extinction #animal #plant #ecosystem #environment #retinituspigmentosa #rp #agerelatedmaculardegeneration #amd #blind #lowvision #bci #games #computergames #ageofempires #rimworld #gamedev #music #bassguitar #rageagainstthemachine #enya #religion #reading #books #readingbooks #buddhism #baby #apple #visionpro

Stephen
6 months ago

Arizona's governor, Katie Hobbs, has vetoed an anti trans 'bathroom bill' and vowed to stand up for LGBTQ+ youth.

#GoodNews #Arizona #LGBTQ #Trans #Laws #Protection #Health #Society #Equality

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/10/katie-hobbs-arizona-governor-bathroom-bill-trans/

Fedi.Garden 🌱
6 months ago

Esq.social for folks in the legal and legal-adjacent fields, or anyone interested in the law and legal issues:

:Fediverse: https://esq.social

For more info see their About page at https://esq.social/about or contact their admin @andrew

#FeaturedServer #Law #Laws #Legal #Justice #Solicitors #Attorneys #Lawyers #Barristers #Fediverse

📝 48 Laws, Rules, and Principles of Web Development:

In anticipation of the upcoming release of “The Web Development Glossary 3K,” here are four dozen #laws, #rules, and #principles related to web and software development.

https://meiert.com/en/blog/48-laws-rules-and-principles/