brassorchid

joined 1 year ago
 

New satellites that orbit the Earth at very low altitudes may result in a world where nothing is really off limits.

I want to rip out their eyes.

 

For too long, the United Food and Commercial Workers union has been missing in action for its essential workers.

[–] brassorchid@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

when my mom was explaining police to me as a little black kid, this is exactly what she said. the people who apply to be police officers are just school bullies who wanted to continue their bullying as a profession.

[–] brassorchid@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

This is happening in the United States.

 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has used a system called Giant Oak Search Technology (GOST) to help the agency scrutinize social media posts, determine if they are “derogatory” to the U.S., and then use that information as part of immigration enforcement, according to a new cache of documents reviewed by 404 Media.

The documents peel back the curtain on a powerful system, both in a technological and a policy sense—how information is processed and used to decide who is allowed to remain in the country and who is not.