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      <title>Meta and human rights abuses in Ethiopia</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Meta and human rights abuses in Ethiopia&#xA;&#xA;This was posted to the Fediverse today New 74-page Amnesty International report on Meta’s contributions to human rights abuses in Northern Ethiopia&#xA;&#xA;Should make interesting reading,  If I understand things, Meta have already been accused over human rights abuses in Myanmar.  &#xA;&#xA;Article / report&#xA;&#xA;For some reason we are going to trust our safety and privacy when it comes to AI to big tech, who clearly can&#39;t be trusted to police their own platforms properly. &#xA;&#xA;#Meta,#AmnestyInternational,#HumanRights,#Abuses,#Ethiopia&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<p>This was posted to the Fediverse today <em>New 74-page Amnesty International report on Meta’s contributions to human rights abuses in Northern Ethiopia</em></p>

<p>Should make interesting reading,  If I understand things, Meta have already been accused over human rights abuses in Myanmar.</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.amnesty.org/fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AFR2572922023ENGLISH.pdf" rel="nofollow">Article / report</a></li></ul>

<p>For some reason we are going to trust our safety and privacy when it comes to AI to big tech, who clearly can&#39;t be trusted to police their own platforms properly.</p>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:Meta" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Meta</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:AmnestyInternational" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">AmnestyInternational</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:HumanRights" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">HumanRights</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Abuses" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Abuses</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Ethiopia" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Ethiopia</span></a></p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Upgrade from Windows</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Upgrade from Windows&#xA;&#xA;Free Software Foundation Campaign&#xA;&#xA;Microsoft uses draconian law to put Windows, the world&#39;s most-used operating system, completely outside the control of its users. Neither Windows users nor independent experts can view the system&#39;s source code, make modifications or fixes, or copy the system. This puts Microsoft in a dominant position over its customers, which it takes advantage of to treat them as a product.&#xA;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://upgradefromwindows.org&#34;img src=&#34;//static.fsf.org/nosvn/windows/wininfographicfinal.png&#34; alt=&#34;Close Windows, Open Doors&#34;//a&#xA;&#xA;We will be watching a video about windows 11 at the next STEM Group meeting.&#xA;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Free Software Foundation Campaign</p>

<p>Microsoft uses draconian law to put Windows, the world&#39;s most-used operating system, completely outside the control of its users. Neither Windows users nor independent experts can view the system&#39;s source code, make modifications or fixes, or copy the system. This puts Microsoft in a dominant position over its customers, which it takes advantage of to <a href="https://www.fsf.org/windows#abuses" rel="nofollow">treat them as a product</a>.</p>

<p><a href="https://upgradefromwindows.org" rel="nofollow"><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/windows/win_infographic_final.png" alt="Close Windows, Open Doors"/></a></p>

<p>We will be watching a video about windows 11 at the next STEM Group meeting.</p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 06:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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