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@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-19 15:57:49

Human Rights groups warn an immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss has reached a “breaking point”
Human rights experts are sounding the alarm about living conditions at the immigration detention camp that houses hundreds of people.
“Fort Bliss is a human and civil rights disaster,”
said Eunice Cho Senior Counsel for the American Civil Liberty Union’s prison program.
The ACLU and other organizations allege physical abuse,
unsanitary conditions and medical negle…

Human Rights groups warn immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss reaching “breaking point”
Human Rights groups are calling the immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss a human and civil rights disaster. They demand the federal government shut down the tent facility and warn living conditions are putting hundreds of people held there at risk.

@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-19 14:57:38

Appeal Seeks to Force the Congress to Uphold the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | schoolsforchiapas.org/appeal-s

Appeal Seeks to Force the Congress to Uphold the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Schools for Chiapas
Over a year has passed with the Congress dragging its feet on the enactment of the Gerneral Law on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. A recent lawsuit seeks to force action.

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-01-19 11:34:37

"According to the report, the spearphishing emails relied on links that appeared trustworthy because they passed through legitimate online advertising and click-tracking systems commonly used to track user engagement."
North Korea-linked hackers pose as human rights activists, report says
<…

North Korea-linked hackers pose as human rights activists, report says - UPI.com
North Korea-linked hackers are using emails that impersonate human rights organizations and financial institutions in phishing attacks, according to a report released Monday.

@portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-20 17:43:46

TRAHRSL
The trans rights are human rights software license
You have to agree that trans rights are human rights to be granted a license to use the software

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-11-20 23:59:49

Muslim civil rights group sues Texas governor after terrorist accusation
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/mu

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-19 02:15:39

Dems' potential 2028 contenders cautious on trans rights (Holly Otterbein/Axios)
axios.com/2026/01/18/democrats
memeorandum.com/260118/p83#a26

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-19 20:25:36

An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her.
The Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social

FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-11-20 16:50:59

Paramount wins UK rights to show most UEFA Champions League games from 2027 to 2031; sources say its bid was much higher than TNT's current £1B per year deal (Matt Hughes/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/football/2025/

Paramount to show most Champions League games in UK from 2027-31
The American media and entertainment giant Paramount Skydance has won the rights to broadcast most Champions League matches in the UK after a Uefa auction

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2025-11-20 19:56:59

Some years back my wife made the front page of the Wall St. Journal. They did a piece about how she made up fake data (names, locations, dates, CV, etc) to feed to social media in order to disrupt data linking.
We are one of the few places that has a paper copy of the highly prescient HEW report from 1973 that warned of the dangers of the now ubiquitous practice of data linking.
"Records, Computers and the Rights of Citizens: Report of the HEW Advisory Committee on Automate…

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-20 15:53:55

Student Tased by GA Cops on School Bus Hires National Civil Rights Attorney | Atlanta Daily World
atlantadailyworld.com/2025/12/

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-19 04:23:20

FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; -- but none exists now, Justice Dept. says
An agent in Minnesota conducted an initial review of the shooting of Renee Good and determined that sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of Jonathan Ross -- the officer who shot Good,
according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

The existence of the civil rights investigation stands in sharp contra…

FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-19 11:43:43

RE: syzito.xyz/@fkamiah17/11574527
The folks, here on the fediverse, who malign those of us that speak up for the human rights of Palestinians and against Israel’s ongoing genocide, who label us “antisemitic” for rejecting the antisemitic co…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-20 21:01:38

The US DOJ says at least two DOGE employees accessed Social Security data that was off-limits under a court ruling and shared agency data on third-party servers (April Rubin/Axios)
axios.com/2026/01/20/doge-empl

DOGE employees may have improperly accessed social security data, DOJ says
It's a stunning admission from the Trump administration, after it battled in court over DOGE's rights to access and use Social Security data .

@bourgwick@heads.social
2025-11-20 18:30:45

today, rich & i present an overstuffed deadcast season finale, a triple episode, feat. new musical scales, saudi acidhead regicide, connections between the dead & the gay rights movement, crickets, the quieting of ned lagin's biomusic & more. dead.net/deadcast/blues-allah-

master tape reel for Blues For Allah, G.D. 103, Side B
@axbom@axbom.me
2026-01-19 05:57:35
”Yet far fewer people would disagree that when a billionaire uses their wealth to buy a politician, to influence a government, to own a newspaper or a social media platform, or to out-lawyer any opposition to ensure them impunity from justice, that these actions are inimical to progress and fairness. Such power gives billionaires a grasp over all our futures, undermining political freedom and eroding the rights of the many.”
@curiouscat@fosstodon.org
2026-01-17 23:29:37

The life of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The life of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops
Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear, says professor of sociology Gary Younge

@donelias@mastodon.cr
2025-12-20 15:20:51

Microsoft’s aiding of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians exposes company and its leadership to legal liability
glanlaw.org/news/microsofts-ai

Microsoft’s aiding of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians exposes company and its leadership to legal liability - GLAN
A coalition of international legal and advocacy rights groups – Abolitionist Law Center, Avaaz Foundation, European Legal Support Center, SOMO, Center for

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-19 01:20:38

FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says (Perry Stein/Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/national-se
memeorandum.com/260118/p75#a26

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-11-14 14:00:55

"Billions live in environments that violate human rights, global analysis finds"
#Environment
phys.org/news/2025-11-billions

Billions live in environments that violate human rights, global analysis finds
More than 99% of the world's 7.7 billion people have one or more of their environmental rights threatened, according to new research.

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2025-12-17 18:47:47

“sudden, brutal and terrifying”
ACLU hits ICE with what will be the first of multiple legal actions over ICE’s illegal and unacceptable behavior in Minnesota.
My hope is that this is the road to an injunction.
cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/acl

@migueldeicaza@mastodon.social
2025-11-18 16:12:11

From @…
doctorow.medium.com/https-plur

In other words, giving creative workers more rights without addressing their market power is like giving your bullied kid more lunch money. There isn’t an amount of lunch money you can give that kid that will buy them lunch — you’re just enriching the bullies. Do this for long enough and you’ll make the bullies so rich they can buy off the school principal. Keep it up even longer and the bullies will hire an ad agency to run a global campaign bemoaning the plight of the hungry schoolkids and de…
@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-12-15 14:06:27

✊🏿 How One Black Labor Union Changed American History
#politics

How One Black Labor Union Changed American History
A century ago, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters launched a union drive against a railroad giant, changing the course of the 20th century and forever entwining the causes of labor and black civil rights.

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-01-20 07:38:31

"The proposals would also reportedly force transgender firearm buyers to out themselves by listing their birth sex on purchase paperwork"
Justice Department planning to weaken gun restrictions to placate Second Amendment activists, report says | The Independent
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-19 21:56:08

In Colorado, students taunted their Black classmates by playing whipping sounds on their cellphones and saying they should be shot “to make us a better race.”
The only two Black students in a small district in Ohio were called the N-word by white peers starting on their first day.
They got accustomed to hearing slurs like “porch monkey” and being told to go pick cotton.
And at a school in Illinois, white students included Confederate flags in their PowerPoint presentations …

Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.

@davidaugust@mastodon.online
2025-11-08 14:57:17

“Arguing that ‘no country should be above international law,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson urged the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday to hold President Donald Trump’s administration accountable for what he called a ‘worsening human rights crisis in the United States.’”

Johnson urges UN panel to hold President Trump accountable for what he calls 'human rights abuses'
In a virtual appearance before a United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Switzerland, Mayor Brandon Johnson invited UN experts to come to Chicago to witness firsthand the “abuses” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during raids that have wreaked havoc in neighborhoods across the…

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-16 15:54:07

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
The Clash:
🎵 Know Your Rights
#TheClash
bobnanna.bandcamp.com/track/kn
open.spotify.com/track/31l6t3J

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-01-19 14:14:43

Check out today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Black Basta suspects’ homes raided; gang leader added to most-wanted list,
--Jordanian national pleads guilty to access broker charges,
--Acting head of CISA was blocked by colleagues from removing CIO,
--Iranian campaign sought to steal Gmail and other account credentials,
--Man pleads guilty to hacking US S.Ct.,
--DPRK hackers impersona…

Black Basta suspects’ homes raided; gang leader added to most-wanted list
Jordanian national pleads guilty to access broker charges, Acting head of CISA was blocked by colleagues from removing CIO, Iranian campaign sought to steal GMail and other account credentials, Man pleads guilty to hacking US S.Ct., DPRK hackers pose as human rights orgs, much more

@kcase@mastodon.social
2025-11-18 08:27:35

Had a very nice visit with @… at the end of August, when she came up to Seattle for PAX. We got some cookies, and chatted about some of her latest projects—working on some new games while also hoping to revive some old Interplay games that she'd manage to recover the rights to. She'd lost a year on those projects due to her wife's cance…

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2025-12-18 09:40:05

Colombia passes law to recognise victims of climate displacement.
It accords rights to them and responsibilities to government for both prevention and attention.
A bit unclear just what that will mean in practice
El ley: el Estado deberš reconocer a las víctimas de desplazamiento por cambio climštico | EL ESPECTADOR

Es ley: el Estado deberá reconocer a las víctimas de desplazamiento por cambio climático
Después de varios intentos, la ley fue aprobada en la Plenaria de la Cámara de Representantes en el cuarto debate.

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-12-17 20:18:21

TikTok tracked user’s Grindr activity in violation of European law, rights group alleges therecord.media/tiktok-grindr-

TikTok tracked user’s Grindr activity in violation of European law, rights group alleges
TikTok and the gay dating app Grindr are violating European data protection laws by tracking user activities across apps, a digital rights organization alleged Wednesday.

@steve@s.yelvington.com
2025-11-18 21:43:59

Perhaps it's because their numbers are thinning, but the magats seem to be even crazier these days. Total denial of reality. Everyone arrested by ICE is guilty. Immigrants have no rights whatsoever. Black is white, up is down. 2 2=5.

@jensilber@mastodon.social
2025-12-10 16:11:57

It might sound reasonable in theory, but it restores discrimination in practice.
justice.gov/opa/pr/department-

Department of Justice Rule Restores Equal Protection for All in Civil Rights Enforcement
Today, the Justice Department issued a final rule updating its regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights of 1964. This rule ensures that our nation’s federal civil rights laws are firmly grounded in the principle of equal treatment under the law by eliminating disparate-impact liability from its Title VI regulations.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-19 18:00:38

Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
He was born January 15, 1929.
He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
He was just 39 years old.
While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader,
he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign
to address issues of economic justice.
Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy an…

MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his “Beyond Vietnam…

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-19 00:08:56

Head of workplace rights agency urges white men to report discrimination | Financial Post
financialpost.com/pmn/head-of-

@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-11-17 18:44:27

Katherine Rich gives Uber far too much credit. rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ They didn't do any of it to 'make the world be…

What Uber ruling could mean for gig economy
Business New Zealand is warning the gig economy could collapse, after the Supreme Court's ruling in favour of Uber drivers' rights. Business NZ chief executive Katherine Rich spoke to Corin Dann

@nelson@tech.lgbt
2025-12-18 00:27:18
Content warning: #uspol, trans rights

The House just passed a nasty anti-trans bill. Only with the help of three Democrats voting for it. So a special fuck you to Henry Cuellar (TX), Vicente Gonzalez (TX), and Don Davis (NC). And all the Republican rats who voted for it.
It seems likely the Senate won't also pass it, so hopefully this odious proposal doesn't become legislation.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-11-20 03:08:13

The National Press Club is deeply troubled by President Trump’s comments today regarding the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Mr. Khashoggi’s murder inside a diplomatic facility was a grave violation of human rights and a direct attack on press freedom.
That fact is not in dispute.

National Press Club Statement on President Trump’s Remarks on the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 – The National Press Club is deeply troubled by President Trump’s comments today regarding the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr. Khashoggi’s murder inside a diplomatic facility was a grave violation of human rights and a direct attack on press freedom. That fact is not in dispute. For reporters around the world — and for those who risk their lives to report on powerful figures, governments, and global events — statements that appear to minimize or excuse t…

@ubuntourist@mastodon.social
2025-11-05 21:55:36

YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israeli human rights violations;
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/yo

YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-11-19 05:15:49

Texas governor declares Muslim civil rights group a terrorist organization (Audrey McAvoy/Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/texas-gover
memeorandum.com/251119/p3#a251

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-11-18 04:05:17

Transgender Day of Remembrance is Nov. 20
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy paved the way for today’s transgender rights revolution
washingtonblade.com/2025/11/17

@scott@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-16 23:24:09

rare good news bsky.app/profile/dropsitenews.

Drop Site (@dropsitenews.com)
Syria’s interim president Ahmed al‑Sharaa has issued a presidential decree formally recognizing Kurdish identity and rights as part of a broader redefinition of the Syrian state. The decree declares Kurds an integral part of the Syrian people and guarantees cultural and linguistic rights...

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-11 21:16:08

Sources: during the bidding process, Paramount promised WBD that its foreign partners and Jared Kushner's fund wouldn't have any voting or governance rights (Axios)
axios.com/2025/12/11/paramount

Scoop: Original Paramount bid for WBD didn't exclude foreign voting rights
Paramount has now made a hostile bid after WBD accepted Netflix's offer.

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-16 22:24:10

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Clash:
🎵 Know Your Rights
#TheClash
bobnanna.bandcamp.com/track/kn
open.spotify.com/track/31l6t3J

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-11 14:45:51

A Danish court sentences a man for sharing 347 copyrighted nude scenes on Reddit featuring 100 actresses and 25TB of pirated content via a torrent tracker (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak)
torrentfreak.com/redditor-conv

Redditor Convicted for Sharing Nude Scenes in Landmark 'Moral Rights' Copyright Case * TorrentFreak
A Danish man has been convicted in the country's first-ever criminal case for violating the "right of respect" of actresses.

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-17 20:52:21

I am not resting easy yet.
A bunch of people who are basically straight-up Nazis just got humiliated. They’re hurting, they’re angry, and they’re in my city.
And they’re pants-on-head dumbshits. (One of their posters bemoaned the “erogion [sic] of our rights.”) That’s not a comfort: sometimes that’s the most dangerous kind of right-winger. Their utter amateurishness means they have no sense of constraints and no sense of consequences. I don’t know what they’ll try to do next.
We remain wary and •highly• watchful. But I’m going to take the win on this round.
/end

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-01-20 05:59:02

DOJ civil rights chief blasts Don Lemon for covering anti-ICE protest inside church, vows charges against protesters
nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-11-01 17:20:19

“Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the U.N. … disparaged Albanese personally, calling her a ‘witch.’”
apnews.com/article/united-nati

UN investigator delivers Gaza report virtually due to US sanctions
An independent U.N. investigator is taking world nations to task for not standing up to the U.S. over sanctions it imposed on her. The sanctions prompted the expert to give a report to the U.N. by video on Tuesday. Francesca Albanese is an Italian human rights lawyer assigned to explore human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories. She told the U.N. General Assembly by video that the U.S. sanctions are “spiteful” and attack the world body's independence and integrity. The U.S. has acc…

@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-14 21:18:02

Women's Rights Are Human Rights 😉 🏳️‍⚧️

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-11-16 02:21:27

Trump blocked from gutting Voice of America collective bargaining rights (Ryan Knappenberger/Courthouse News Service)
courthousenews.com/trump-block
memeorandum.com/251115/p65#a25

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-01-17 20:27:47

"Under the banner of democracy, freedom and human rights, the United States has thereby extended its domination over large swathes of the world, presenting itself as a benevolent benefactor rather than a domineering despot. It has, in this way, perfected the use of empire denial as the best cover for the construction of its imperium."
Gabriel Rockill
True, but the current regime is taking the huge risk of ending that pretence. Let's hope that heralds its fall.

Book cover. Who paid the pipers of Western Marxism Gabriel Rockill Monthly Review Press 2025
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-08 07:01:07

A look at the auction for the Oscars' TV rights, as sources say Netflix is out, NBCUniversal gains ground, and YouTube and ABC remain active bidders (Matt Donnelly/Variety)
variety.com/2025/film/news/osc

Oscar TV Rights Auction: NBCUniversal Leads Charge to Nab Telecast
NBCUniversal is in the lead to nab TV rights to the Oscars starting in 2029 as the Motion Picture Academy shops around for a new deal.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-18 21:22:00

Koons’s T-shirt featured half a rainbow pie, with the slogan:
“Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It’s not pie.”
She said after some discussion,
the RCMP respectfully asked her to leave the town hall,
as well as two other women at the event that were also wearing T-shirts with slogans that some at the event didn’t like.
“I found it alarming,” Koons said.
“I’m an engaged community member and I often sit at (discussion) tables with pe…

Woman alarmed after being asked to leave Conservative town hall over T-shirt - R.NF
Cowichan businesswoman Kristi Koons said she’s alarmed and concerned over the fact that she and another two women were asked to leave a town hall featuring federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on June 10 because of the T-shirts they were wearing. Koons said she was quiet and respectful at the town hall, which was held at Mellor Hall at the Cowichan Exhibition grounds and attracted more than 1,000 people, before a group of men and RCMP officers approached her and said she was not welco…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-17 17:55:16

The Academy signs a multi-year deal that will give YouTube the exclusive global rights to the Oscars, beginning in 2029 and running through 2033 (Scott Feinberg/The Hollywood Reporter)
hollywoodreporter.com/news/gen

Oscars Bolt from ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029
Breaking news, more soon

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-01-20 17:46:53

The letters 'f', 'b', and 'i' can also spell 'fib'
FBI denies shutting down civil rights investigation into ICE shooter Jonathan Ross | The Independent
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-19 01:04:42

In a decisive vote Friday,
the Virginia Senate approved a
constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions
after they complete their sentence
and guarantee the right to vote in the commonwealth.
The measure will now head to voters for final approval.
The amendment, which passed the Senate 21-18 after earlier approval by the House of Delegates,
would fundamentally change how Virginia treats vot…

Virginia takes key step to end ‘overt and intended effort to block Black people from voting’
Read more here.

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-17 04:13:00

AFSCME Members Help Win Fight To Repeal Utah Law Taking Away Union Rights | Portside
portside.org/2025-12-16/afscme

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-20 01:45:31

Dozens of unions, community and faith organizations are calling on every Minnesotan to take a stand on January 23rd.
The ICE “surge” that cost the life of Renee Nicole Good is violating the Constitutional and human rights of Americans and our neighbors.
On January 23rd there will be a unified, statewide pause in economic activity.
We are demanding:
🔸ICE must leave Minnesota now.
🔸The officer who killed Good must be held legally accountable.
🔸No additiona…

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-11-04 10:18:06

Make no mistake, the only values the European Commission gives a single damn about are expressed in Euros and cents.
The guiding principle of the successor to the European Coal and Steel Community isn’t human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, it’s the Single Market.
How dare you even pretend to care when you are beyond silent in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, you despicable bunch of fancy-suited hypocrites.

European Commission (@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu)
Attached: 1 image 🤝75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights A landmark treaty that reshaped Europe after the second World War, protecting millions of Europeans and supporting our shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law. Because human rights aren’t optional. They’re universal.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-15 03:31:00

Death toll from Iran approaches 2,600, rights group reports (Reuters)
reuters.com/world/china/death-
memeorandum.com/260114/p165#a2

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-14 08:51:08

An interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more (Josh Noble/Financial Times)
ft.com/content/d03bef02-0cf6-4

IMG’s Adam Kelly: sport is the antidote to AI
As Netflix and Apple expand their sports ambitions, the head of IMG says media rights are entering a new phase driven by scarcity, retention and measurable returns

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-01-15 20:26:08

Netflix obtains global rights to Sony films after the films' theater runs, expanding the deal that gave Netflix rights for the US, Germany, and parts of Asia (Thomas Buckley/Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-01-16 02:34:52

Say what you will about state violence, but •orderly• state violence — an officer with a face and a badge, Miranda rights, an orderly booking, the constitutional phone call, the jail roster, the habeas corpus petition, a trial, a system, a process, maybe once in a blue moon consequences for officers’ most egregious abuses — is infinitely preferable to what ICE is now: a secret police with blanket immunity.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-19 20:12:49

Exactly one year before Dr King was assassinated, on 4 April 1967,
he gave his famous “Beyond Vietnam” speech at Riverside church in New York City.
More than 3,000 people were in attendance.
At the time, King had come under intense fire for having renounced the Vietnam war;
his outspokenness put him at odds with Lyndon Johnson,
who felt King should have been indebted to him for his efforts in pushing through civil rights legislation.
It also put King at …

MLK Day reminds us to harness ‘urgency of now’ as the US grapples with crisis
People across the US are moving on from the empty platitudes MLK Day often evokes – and embodying King’s words

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-01-17 17:03:22

"The attorneys general of California and nearly 20 other states to submit a comment letter on the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed rule that would reverse HHS regulations concerning the definition of “disability” under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to exclude gender dysphoria, which is the underlying diagnosis for transgender individuals."
‘We Strongly Support The Rights Of Transgender People’
washingtoncurrent.substack.com

@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-17 20:54:17

RE: mastodon.social/@elementary/11
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@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-16 00:06:11

Judge deals blow to the Trump Justice Department's use of the Civil Rights Act to 'clean' voter rolls (Tierney Sneed/CNN)
cnn.com/2026/01/14/politics/vo
memeorandum.com/260115/p134#a2

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-19 20:40:11

RE: c.im/@cdarwin/1159236885717524
If police can come to your door in the middle of the night and put you behind bars
based on nothing more than an entirely false and contrived interpretation of a Facebook post,
no one’s First Amendment rights a…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-17 02:41:13

Sources: Amazon is in talks to invest $10B in OpenAI at a $500B valuation, with OpenAI using AWS Trainium chips; Microsoft keeps rights to sell OpenAI models (The Information)
theinformation.com/articles/op

OpenAI in Talks to Raise At Least $10 Billion From Amazon and Use Its AI Chips
Amazon is in talks to invest $10 billion or more in OpenAI, according to three people familiar with the discussions. The valuation would be higher than $500 billion, one of the people said. The Amazon investment would help OpenAI afford some of the commitments it has made to rent servers from ...

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-01-15 18:11:02

FIFA makes Stats Perform its first official data and betting streaming rights distributor to licensed sportsbooks for the 2026 World Cup and other events (Rohith Nair/Reuters)
reuters.com/sports/soccer/fifa

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-14 04:02:41

The Justice Department refuses to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis.
The decision to keep the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division out of the investigation into the fatal shooting of #Renee #Good marks a sharp…

DOJ sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting
A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. The decision to keep the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division out of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good marks a sharp departure from past administrations, which have moved quickly to probe shootings of civilians by law enforcement officials for potential…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-05 11:25:44

YouTube confirms it removed 700 videos from three prominent Palestinian human rights groups in early October to comply with US State Department sanctions (The Intercept)
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/yo

YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-18 00:10:47

Netflix wins rights to a FIFA soccer simulation game, developed by Delphi Interactive and set for release ahead of the 2026 World Cup, for free to Netflix users (Laura Cress/BBC)
bbc.com/news/articles/c93w7dp4

Fifa video game to return after four years in Netflix exclusive
The game will be made by Delphi Interactive and released in time for the 2026 World Cup.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-17 11:25:43

Freedom House's Freedom on the Net 2025 report: for the 15th straight year, global internet freedom is in decline; of the 72 countries surveyed, Kenya fell most (Tech Policy Press)
techpolicy.press/global-intern

Global Internet Freedom Declines for 15th Consecutive Year | TechPolicy.Press
Despite funding cuts, Freedom House delivered its annual report on how countries are performing on measures of digital rights and internet freedom.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-13 18:01:14

DOJ's top civil rights prosecutors depart as office is cut out of key probes (Perry Stein/Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/national-se
memeorandum.com/260113/p87#a26

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-11-11 14:50:49

A Danish court sentences a man for sharing 347 copyrighted nude scenes on Reddit featuring 100 actresses and 25TB of pirated content via a torrent tracker (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak)
torrentfreak.com/redditor-conv

Redditor Convicted for Sharing Nude Scenes in Landmark 'Moral Rights' Copyright Case * TorrentFreak
A Danish man has been convicted in the country's first-ever criminal case for violating the "right of respect" of actresses.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-13 12:10:47

2025 deadliest year for civilians in Ukraine since 2022, UN human rights monitors find (Kris Janowski/admin)
ukraine.ohchr.org/en/2025-dead
memeorandum.com/260113/p11#a26

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-11-18 01:36:53

"Two Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Monday added their names to a discharge petition that will now force a vote on legislation to restore the collective bargaining rights of hundreds of thousands of federal workers targeted by GOP President Donald Trump."
'Speaker Johnson has run out of excuses': Major org cheers as Republicans break with Trump - Raw Story
rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2674

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-16 20:18:34

When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later
(if they bother at all)
everyone is at risk.
-- Citizen or not.
bsky.app/profile/cwebbonline.c

Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com)
ICE isn’t making rare mistakes. This is the point. When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-17 17:52:12

The Academy signs a multi-year deal that will give YouTube the exclusive global rights to the Oscars, beginning in 2029 and running through 2033 (Scott Feinberg/The Hollywood Reporter)
hollywoodreporter.com/news/gen

Oscars Bolt from ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029
Breaking news, more soon

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-16 21:31:00

X updates its ToS, effective January 15, 2026, to explicitly claim rights to the "Twitter" trademark after a startup filed an application to trademark the term (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/x-up

X updates its terms to lay claim to the 'Twitter' trademark after newcomer's challenge | TechCrunch
X's new terms of service say that no one can use the Twitter name, trademarks, logos and more without written consent.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-11-05 11:55:53

YouTube confirms it removed 700 videos from three prominent Palestinian human rights groups in early October to comply with US State Department sanctions (The Intercept)
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/yo

YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-11 22:06:04

House passes bill to restore federal workers' bargaining rights (Lawrence Ukenye/Politico)
politico.com/live-updates/2025
memeorandum.com/251211/p122#a2

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-12 22:31:43

Secretary Noem will rescind bargaining rights for TSA employees effective January 11th, 2026. : r/fednews
reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-17 19:50:51

Members of the Senate Commerce Committee accused FCC Chairman Brendan Carr of making "mafia threats" and encroaching on broadcasters' First Amendment rights (Steven Portnoy/ABC News)
abcnews.go.com/Politics/fcc-ch

FCC Chair Brendan Carr clashes with Democrats in Senate hearing
Sen. Markey calls him "chairman of the 'Federal Censorship Commission.'"

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-13 00:06:28

The House has voted on a bipartisan basis
to restore labor rights to 1 million federal workers
after Donald Trump yanked them away in an executive order earlier this year,
in a rare show of defiance against the president by over a dozen GOP members.
In a 231 to 195 vote on Thursday afternoon,
the House passed the "Protect America’s Workforce Act",
which would nullify Trump’s ordersin March and August to exempt workers at dozens of agencies from c…

House Passes Bill to Undo Trump Order to End Federal Workers’ Bargaining Rights
The bill passed with 20 Republicans joining all Democrats in voting “yes,” in a rare rebuke to Trump.

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-01-12 01:52:55

Seein's how Kristi wants to make this a thing:
**How to Handle a Knock-and-Talk: 7 Ways to Protect Your Rights When Police Come to Your Door**
marclopezlaw.com/how-to-handle

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-17 17:15:49

Netflix signs a deal with Barstool Sports to stream video versions of three podcasts, initially in the US; full video episodes will be removed from YouTube (Todd Spangler/Variety)
variety.com/2025/tv/news/netfl

Netflix Signs Deal With Dave Portnoy's Barstool Sports for Podcasts
Netflix clinched a multiyear pact with Dave Portnoy's Barstool Sports giving the streaming giant exclusive rights to video versions of a trio of its popular podcasts.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-14 04:34:54

Xu Bo, a Chinese billionaire, was seeking parental rights to at least four unborn children,
and the court’s additional research showed that he had already fathered or was in the process of fathering at least eight more
—all through surrogates.
When called in for a confidential hearing in the summer of 2023,
he never entered the courtroom, according to people who attended the hearing.
The maker of fantasy videogames lived in China and appeared via video, speaking …

China fertility facts of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
A Chinese billionaire was seeking parental rights to at least four unborn children, and the court’s additional research showed that he had already fathered or was in the process of fathering at least eight more—all through surrogates. When Pellman called Xu Bo in for a confidential hearing in the summer of 2023, he never entered […]

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-10 01:18:26

HHS uses conscience rights to strip trans people of health care
advocate.com/health/hhs-transg

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-11-14 19:23:33

It's the latest in a series of moves by Trump acolytes at the Department of Justice
who are transforming the voting section of the agency from an office focused on protecting Americans’ voting rights
to one that is in lockstep with an election denial movement
that incessantly demands investigations and drastic reductions in access to the polls
based on Donald Trump’s lies about elections.

Justice department allegedly investigating debunked 2020 Georgia election fraud claims
Claim, by election deniers, would signal latest step by DoJ in moving away from protecting Americans’ voting rights

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-11-14 17:08:28

Over the past two months the U.S. has blown up at least 20 boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.
“80 people have been killed in what are extrajudicial executions under international law,” says Juan Pappier, Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch.
The Pentagon claims the boats were carrying drugs but officials have acknowledged they don’t know who has been killed.
The U.S.now has 15,000 military personnel in the region.

“Gunboat Diplomacy”: U.S. War in Latin America Feared as Hegseth Launches “Operation Southern Spear”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the launch of Operation Southern Spear to target suspected drug traffickers in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The U.S. now has 15,000 military personnel in the region. Over the past two months the U.S. has blown up at least 20 boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. “80 people have been killed in what are extrajudicial executions under international law,” says Juan Pappier, Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch. Th…

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-10-31 18:35:48

Airstrikes by the United States of America on boats in the Caribbean and in the Pacific violate international human rights law.
The U.N. human rights chief said Friday that
U.S. military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are
“unacceptable” and must stop.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called for an investigation into the strikes, in what appeared to mark t…

UN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats are 'unacceptable'
The U.N. human rights chief says U.S. military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are unacceptable and must stop. The condemnation on Friday appeared to mark the first from a U.N. organization. U.S. President Donald Trump has justified the attacks as necessary to stem drug flow into the U.S. Volker Türk, the rights chief, calls for an investigation, noting over 60 reported deaths since early September. The strikes reportedly violate international human right…

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-11-07 00:24:55

The California Supreme Court rejected a First Amendment challenge to a state law that protects the rights of gay and transgender people in nursing homes and forbids employees of those sites from using the wrong pronouns to address a resident or coworker.
The ruling, handed down today, held that violations of the"LGBT Long-Term Care Residents’ Bill of Rights" are not protected by the First Amendment because they relate to codes of conduct in what is effectively both a workplace…

California Supreme Court rejects free speech challenge to LGBT protections in nursing homes
A 2017 California law is meant to protect the rights of gay and transgender people in nursing homes, including by forbidding employees from misgendering those patients

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-13 04:35:20

NEWS: Dan Richman
— key figure in now-dismissed Comey case
— wins motion for return of materials seized from his devices.
Judge finds his rights were violated,
orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.

Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social)
NEWS: Dan Richman — key figure in now-dismissed Comey case — wins motion for return of materials seized from his devices. Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant. Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-05 19:24:22

An appeals court in Missouri
✅has ordered the rewording of a misleading explainer for a Republican-backed ballot measure
🔥that aims to undo a previously passed initiative that expanded abortion and reproductive rights in the state.
The order from the three-judge panel within Missouri’s Western District of Appeals
represents the second time in just a few months that the explanation accompanying the anti-abortion ballot measure was found to be confusing or deceptive.

Missouri Court Orders Clearer Wording on GOP Measure to Undo Abortion Rights
The ballot measure seeks to undo a citizen-driven one that passed in 2024, which expanded abortion rights in the state.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-13 23:20:25

We are going to save America.
It’ll get worse before it gets better,
but MAGA fascism is a house of cards.
bsky.app/profile/vanhollen.sen

Senator Chris Van Hollen (@vanhollen.senate.gov)
Today, I spoke with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer. In April, when I met with him in El Salvador, Trump said he would never set foot in the U.S. again. This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-11-30 23:35:13

Russia’s Ministry of Justice designated Human Rights Watch
an “undesirable organization”
on Nov. 28,
effectively banning the group from operating in the country.
Human Rights Watch noted that Russia had already forced the closure of its Moscow office in 2022.
“Our work hasn’t changed, but what’s changed, dramatically, is the government’s full-throttled embrace of dictatorial policies,
its staggering rise in repression,
and the scope of the war crimes…

Russia declares Human Rights Watch an 'undesirable organization'
Russia’s Ministry of Justice has designated Human Rights Watch an “undesirable organization,” effectively banning the group from operating in the country, on Nov. 28.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-12 19:07:24

25 years ago today,
five GOP justices who claimed fealty to states’ rights,
and who were skeptical of a broad equal protection clause,
told Florida it could not finish counting ballots
despite the Florida Supreme Court ruling to the contrary
because of an equal protection principle never used before or since.
-- Eric Segall

Eric Segall (@espinsegall.bsky.social)
25 years ago today, five GOP justices who claimed fealty to states’ rights, and who were skeptical of a broad equal protection clause, told Florida it could not finish counting ballots despite the Florida SCT ruling to the contrary b/c of an equal protection principle never used before or since.