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The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs uses algorithms that can encourage discrimination when assessing visa applications. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has summoned Minister Wopke Hoekstra to defend the use of this profiling software in person, a spokesperson for the regulator confirmed to NRC.

A Parliamentary Committee has raised strong objection to the term illegitimate being used in the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (HMGA) and suggested the government omit the word, as no child is illegitimate, asserting that the law should be the same for all children whether born within or out of wedlock.

A Treasure Coast man is fighting to help people with intellectual disabilities get their fair shot at a full, independent life.