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Stop Racial Profiling of Youth Now

Document, Published: 
Monday, February 7, 2011
Stop Racial Profiling Now! is a coalition of communities and organizations concerned with the continuing criminalization of our youth of color. In a budget-year where the infrastructure supporting youth of color is suffering a disproportionate share of the state’s budget cuts, it is unconscionable that the proposed HB 1126 legislation would railroad vulnerable youth into the juvenile justice and prison systems.
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Developer Challenge: Build Apps to Improve Mobile Privacy

Published: 
Friday, February 4, 2011
    With all their convenience, smartphones can also collect and share vast amounts of data that can paint a detailed picture about someone’s life: your current location, where you have been, who you know, what you search for online, and more. Without strong privacy protections, smartphones and other mobile devices can pose a real threat to your privacy.
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Privacy Groups Announce Competition for Mobile Apps

News Release, Published: 
Friday, February 4, 2011
The ACLU-WA is co-sponsoring a new competition for mobile application developers to address privacy concerns surrounding mobile phones and other portable devices. The Develop for Privacy Challenge aims to show that privacy should be a fundamental building block in new technologies, not just an afterthought.
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Coalition Concerned about Racial Profiling Opposes Gang Bill (HB 1126)

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Thursday, February 3, 2011
A coalition of communities and organizations concerned about racial profiling is urging the legislature not to pass HB 1126, the omnibus gang bill. 23 groups have cosigned a letter saying the bill will encourage racial profiling and result in railroading vulnerable youth into the juvenile justice and prison systems.
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Surveillance Abuses: Report Details Pattern of Egregious Violations by the FBI

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Thursday, February 3, 2011
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently released a report on Patterns of Misconduct:  FBI Intelligence Violations from 2001 – 2008 that details the gross number of violations made during FBI investigations. Through a Freedom of Information request, EFF received nearly 2,500 pages of documents that include FBI reports to the Intelligence Oversight Board. Its analysis has revealed three categories of violations that occur with the most frequency. 
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