Notices by Tracy Rosenberg (twrling@sfba.social), page 2

#TV game show nerds. If this description fits you, you might be interested in Media Alliance's newest fiscally sponsored #documentary tracing the history of the world's longest running TV quiz show. https://seedandspark.com/fund/buzzer-beaters-the-story-of-its-academic#story

FCC goes after Bay Area news station #KCBS for reporting what a community #immigration rapid response network had posted on its Internet website. Completely ridiculous. https://barrettmedia.com/2025/02/05/fcc-launches-investigation-into-kcbs-after-host-reveals-details-of-ice-agents-in-area/

SF voters removed police #pursuit protections designed to prevent bystander deaths in Prop E. A police chase just mowed down people eating in a restaurant parklet. 6 people hospitalized. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/police-chase-crash-injuries-driver-20158571.php?

21 year old son of a cop sues Hercules Police Department after being tased following an epileptic seizure. #Taser https://www.ktvu.com/news/hercules-police-stun-man-suffering-epilepsy-3x-taser-video-shows

Italy Data Protection Authority bans #Deepseek after the #AI company says it is not subject to EU data #privacy laws. https://therecord.media/italy-blocks-chinese-ai-tool-deepseek-over-privacy-concerns

"A federal district court in Louisiana has blocked the state from enforcing a law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a law enforcement officer after being told to stay back, concluding that the statute is unconstitutionally vague and “allows for arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement.". #police https://www.rcfp.org/louisiana-police-buffer-law-ruling/

South Texas School District warns parents that Border Patrol may be boarding #schoolbuses to check for student's #immigration status on school field trips. https://www.newsweek.com/texas-school-district-bus-immigration-enforcement-2027086

#ICE is gaming #Google SEO by forcing press releases of #Immigration raids that happened years ago to the top of Google Search to create fear in immigrant communities. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/ice-us-immigration-deportations-google

Bay Area DA's are at various points in implementing the state's race-blind charging law which requires removing all race indicators from charging documents to fight against unconscious #bias https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/race-blind-charging-california-prosecutors-20025181.php?

The California State University system volunteers to manage #Google's infusion of money into CA #journalism after UC Berkeley's Grad School of Journalism pulled out due to concerns about the lack of ability to direct how the money would be spent. https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-state-university-sjsu-could-help-manage-google-journalism-investment/

BS move by SF's new mayor. #policecommission https://missionlocal.org/2025/02/mayor-lurie-removes-max-carter-oberstone/

How Freakanomics author developed a panopticon for Chicago residents on #electronicmonitoring. "Just as police can’t rummage through your home without a warrant, “they can’t monitor people 24/7 for purposes of criminal investigation. That is unconstitutional.” https://chicagoreader.com/news/electronic-monitoring-steven-levitt-freakonomics/

"The "unilateral" decision showed also showed "why voluntary principles are not an adequate substitute for regulation and binding law" #AI #Google https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy081nqx2zjo

@sgt1372 No way I can think of. But the arbiter is the Tennessee State Supreme Court.

New Orleans archdiocese tries to grab nonprofit funds donated to feed the hungry via food bank to pay off sexual abuse lawsuits and fires the food bank's board when they say no. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/30/new-orleans-archbishop-fires-food-bank-leaders

Public media is important, but touche. "“The framing has always been so off. It’s always been in the personal, it’s always been in the cultural, and it’s always actually about the emotions of the white people who are listening". https://www.cjr.org/analysis/npr-and-pbs-face-a-moment-of-truth.php

Tomorrow at the SF Planning Commission, the Mission community demands that promises be kept and affordable #housing that burnt down not be replaced with luxury housing. https://www.repsf.org/blog/from-the-ashes-we-will-rise-the-community-fight-to-oppose-la-muerte-de-la-mision

Helping #homeless people could soon become a misdemeanor crime in Fremont. A new ordinance proposes criminalizing assisting people living outside. https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/02/fremont-ordinance-aid-abet/

Tennessee State Legislature makes it a crime for local elected officials to vote yes on #sanctuary polices in their cities and counties. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/02/nx-s1-5280431/tennessees-new-anti-immigration-measures-signal-the-new-normal-for-republican-states

Open Vallejo is doing excellent reporting on the #AI rationalists turned murder gang story. https://openvallejo.org/2025/01/31/zizian-namesake-who-faked-death-in-2022-is-wanted-in-two-states/