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Meta has been hit with two related lawsuits totaling over $150 billion in its first major legal challenge since rebranding, coming from a class representing the Rohingya, a minority Muslim population that has suffered severe systematic violence in Myanmar.

S. 4/H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, would give liberal bureaucrats in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) the power to veto changes of polling place locations, voter ID and registration requirements, and the boundary lines in redistricting in every single state.

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi announced on Monday via his social media accounts that a state of emergency decree, which has been renewed every three months since 2017, will finally be lifted. Since i...

Af Niels Jørgen Larsen Da Danmarks Radio i sidste uge i TV-Avisen kunne fortælle, at otte ud af 10 af landets kommuner inddrager borgere i særlige udvalg for at styrke nærdemokratiet, var Halsnæs et af de få hvide områder på kortet, hvor det ikke sker. Baggrunden for indslaget var en undersøgelse fra Syddansk Universitet, der konkluderer at flere og flere kommuner vælger at tage almindelige borgere med ved bordet, når der skal laves oplæg til beslutninger på specifi...

Access Now 18 May 2021 | 8:00 pm Ria Singh Sawhney, Asia Pacific Policy Fellow at Access Now. Technical evidence submitted in a case against digital rights activists in India has uncovered a new vector of attack against civil society. A report by the U.S. digital forensics firm Arsenal Consulting Ltd., submitted in the “Bhima Koregaon” case, provides details to show that malicious actors gained prolonged unauthorised access to the laptop of one of the defendants, and planted key ...

The mental health crisis among young LGBTQ+ people calls for our action Dominic Arnall, Chief Executive of Just Like Us, discusses the importance of inclusive education in schools and how it can impact the mental health of young LGBTQ+ pupils. WORDS BY DOMINIC ARNALL, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF JUST LIKE US 11th May 2021 Dominic Arnall, Chief Executive of Just Like Us Growing up bisexual and closeted, I struggled with finding my place in the world and failing to meet expectations placed on me to �...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The FDCPA provides a bona fide error defense for debt collectors who can show by a preponderance of the evidence that their violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adapted to avoid any such error.  15 U.S.C. §1692k(c).  Historically, debt collectors have been judicious in its use.  While it is a powerful tool, it shines a bright light on a debt col...

With the enactment of Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020 (the Gujarat Act or the Act) that came into effect from 29.08.2020, Gujarat became the fourth State to have a Land Grabbing...

Introduction There are several ways in which parties can discharge their contractual obligations. For example, the doctrine of accord and satisfaction allows parties to discharge their contractual obligations by performing certain modified obligations or by novating or rescinding the existing contract.(1) In other words, a liability arising out of a breach of contract can be discharged by a new agreement (an accord), wherein the parties mutually agree a new consideration, forfeiting their right...