Notices by Tracy Rosenberg (twrling@sfba.social), page 4

"We saw how #hatespeech in Myanmar inspired genocide against the Rohingya people. We have seen hateful words inspire doxing, harassment, and violence against Haitian #immigrants in Ohio this fall. #Meta has spent years building trust and safety teams only to tear them down.” https://www.404media.co/email/3d360e43-3861-43e2-8854-ca040408f524/?

#Internet seeming to work as intended. "Chinese users on Xiaohongshu have so far welcomed American users, with some offering to teach them Chinese. In some cases, Chinese students have asked the Americans for help with their English homework". https://apnews.com/article/china-xiaohongshu-tiktok-ban-refugees-c7f440803128ef50f0ade44d16068f01

Outgoing #FCC Chair Rosenworcel dismisses 4 TV license petitions to deny. ""This agency should not be the president's speech police and this agency shouldn't be journalism's censor-in-chief," she adds. "By taking action on these four petitions - from the right and the left - we're making those principles clear." https://www.npr.org/2025/01/16/nx-s1-5262424/fcc-trump-tv-licenses-rosenworcel

While it may not be technically illegal, it is probably not a good idea to allow sitting municipal mayors to be hired to do promotional work for #surveillance companies. https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/08/flock-safety-quietly-hired-a-sitting-california-mayor-now-hes-suing-flock/

"The case arose from the 2021 seizure of Stephen Lara’s life savings during a traffic stop. Without any evidence that Lara committed a crime and without charging him with a crime, NHP handed his money to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), bypassing Nevada’s stricter #forfeiture protections. Lara had to fight for months to get his money back, exposing how police used the federal program to sidestep state laws that require higher proof to seize property". https://ij.org/press-release/nevada-court-shuts-down-police-use-of-federal-loophole-for-civil-forfeiture

"An initiative that was promoted for years as a civil ­rights cause — helping poor kids in troubled #schools — is threatening to become a nationwide money grab". #vouchers https://www.propublica.org/article/school-vouchers-ohio-church-state-tax-dollars-private-religious

Former U.S. Attorney James Reynolds who prosecuted Leonard Peltier directly asks for clemency for the man he put in prison for 46 years. https://youtu.be/jBS1edGEGQU?feature=shared

"There was substantial evidence over the years that automatic #drone geofencing contributed significantly to #aviation safety. DJI has removed the built-in #geofencing feature that automatically impedes such an incident, replacing it with warnings that the user can choose to ignore". https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343928/dji-no-more-geofencing-no-fly-zone

Meta, corporate parent of #Facebook and #Instagram and #WhatsApp, put the head of Ultimate Fighting Champions, a #wrestling league, on their board of directors. https://apnews.com/article/meta-facebook-zuckerberg-board-members-dana-white-199436c62c934ebb751b564f874ad2f6

San Francisco more or less admits it is not following court-orders to protect the personal #property of unhoused people during #encampment sweeps. #homelessness https://www.sfpublicpress.org/san-francisco-lacks-evidence-compliance-bag-and-tag-encampment-clearing/

"The software allows #landlords to see what rent other landlords are charging almost instantly and, critics say, encourages them to jack up prices together, so nobody undercuts anyone else. If tenants can’t or won’t pay the higher #rent, the software encourages landlords to hold the units off the market. That sort of behavior is exactly what the federal and state #antitrust laws were written for more than 100 years ago". https://48hills.org/2024/07/sf-could-be-first-in-the-country-to-ban-price-fixing-rent-algorithms/

After ratepayers were told soaring rate increases were required to keep #PG&E solvent, the company posted a 28% increase in #profits over last year on the back of punishing bills. https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/07/25/pge-electric-gas-profit-earn-fire-wildfire-economy-bay-area-california/?

Possibly we have come full circle. We just listened to some tech policy guys explain to the CA Law Revision committee about structural separation and vertical competition. Google seems to be driving #Yelp so crazy that Yelp are now #antitrust hippees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgfSoEB_Zq4

"The water board informed the cities of Berkeley and Albany that more than 11,000 tons of Stauffer’s waste was dumped in their #landfills from 1960 to 1971, adding that it’s reasonable to suspect the same #toxic materials in Richmond are present there." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-14/bay-area-radioactive-waste

#Climate lawsuits filed by kids against the government are being dismissed by judges who say a finding of wrongdoing won't remedy the harms. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-14/judge-dismisses-california-childrens-climate-change-lawsuit

We have been saying for years that companies, if allowed, will make us pay for #privacy Here we go. https://www.wired.com/story/meta-facebook-pay-for-privacy-europe/?redirectURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fstory%2Fmeta-facebook-pay-for-privacy-europe%2F

Kaiser Permanente seems to be sending license plate info from their parking lots to local #police - and evading state law by using license plate readers without a public usage policy. #ALPR https://oaklandprivacy.org/kaiser-conducting-mass-surveillance-of-its-members/

Data brokers are launching an attack on proposed CA legislation #SB362 that would let people opt out from all #databroker services en masse. Because they know everyone will do it if they can. The #DELETEAct would be good for Californians. Tell your legislator you support it and don't let these dodgy businesses kill it. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/16/ad-industry-tries-to-quash-proposed-data-broker-regulations-00111513