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Are Vaccine Passports an Invasion Of Civil Liberties?
March 12, 2021
Various experts discuss the future of vaccine passports and their potention to create a permanent layer of increased surveillance infrastructure, encroaching on civil liberties, as well voicing concerns that participation in society would depend on taking a vaccine that has not gone through full regulatory approval.
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GOP Pushes Bills to Allow Social Media ‘Censorship’ Lawsuits
March 10, 2021
In an effort to challenge a federal law that prevents internet companies from being sued for removing posts, U.S. Republican state lawmakers from two dozen states as well as a few Democrats, have introduced bills that would allow for civil lawsuits against platforms for what they call the “censorship” of posts.
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Politico: China will Make ‘Efforts’ to Outlaw Forced Labor
March 10, 2021
As the European Parliament is set to scrutinize the EU-China investment pact in detail, the issue of forced labor has been addressed by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, stating that China will take steps toward ratifying International Labor Organization rules against forced labor but did not offer a specific plan.
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Forbes: WHO Covid-19 Report Dropped
March 08, 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) team that investigated the origins of Covid-19 will not release their report from its mission to China due to escalating political and scientific accusations that the investigation was fundamentally compromised by Chinese officials.
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WIPO: China Extends Lead over U.S. in Global Patents Filings
March 08, 2021
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced that China was the biggest source of applications for international patents in the world in 2020 for the second year in a row with 68,720 applications.
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