Florida Action Committee calls on United Nations for help
BY Steven Yoder . . . On Nov. 1, Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s leaders paused during a city council meeting to highlight that they’d declared November to be “Hunger and Homelessness
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Google’s Scans of Private Photos Led to False Accusations of Child Abuse
JOE MULLIN — Internet users’ private messages, files, and photos of everyday people are increasingly being examined by tech companies, which check the data against government databases. While this is not a
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CDC Inflated Data About Teen Girls and Sexual Assault
Plus: Lack of independence could cause childhood mental health issues, Biden follows Trump playbook on TikTok, and more… ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) inflated data
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Federal judge rules sex offender Rhode Island residency law is unconstitutional
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal court ruled March 16, 2023 an unconstitutional a state law that makes it a crime for certain sex offenders to reside within 1,000 feet of
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Sotomayor: ‘Courts must step in’ to protect rights, urges NY to end indefinite incarcerationfor SO’s
COLIN KALMBACHER — Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned a statement related to an order in a case about the alleged deprivation of constitutional rights for sex offenders. The case surrounded a sex
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A Federal Judge Says the DOJ’s Sex Offender Registration Rules Violate Due Process by Requiring the Impossible
Justice Department regulations threaten people with prosecution for failing to register even when their state no longer requires it. JACOB SULLUM — A rule that Attorney General Merrick Garland issued in
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Is Investigating a School Sexting Incident the Same as Possessing Child Porn? A Judge Says No.
Bradley Bass’ case in Colorado says a lot about just how powerful prosecutors are. BILLY BINION — A Colorado school administrator will no longer face child pornography charges for investigating a student
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