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Members of Congress Demand Answers About California DMV $50M Personal Data Sale 
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Members of Congress Demand Answers About California DMV $50M Personal Data Sale 

Manny  Otiko California Black MediaAugust 19, 2020

When news broke about Facebook collaborating with data mining companies during the runup to the 2016 presidential election, it may have broken the damn. Now almost four years later, more citizens are raising concerns about their data and who’s sharing it.  

Several members of California’s delegation to the United States Congress, including Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), who is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, are demanding information from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). They say the DMV has been selling California drivers’ personal data.   

LA Activists Drill Down on Who Deserves Reparations for Slavery and Why
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LA Activists Drill Down on Who Deserves Reparations for Slavery and Why

Aldon Thomas Stiles, California Black MediaJuly 23, 2020

As state and federal lawmakers grapple with whether or not the State of California — and the United States as a whole — should take a closer look at what it owes the descendants of enslaved Africans in the United States, a group of Black California activists are getting ahead of the conversation. They are distilling the case for reparations down to why African Americans deserve to get paid for centuries of free labor and the Jim Crow laws and other forms of state-enforced discriminatory practices that followed. They are also specifying which segment of Black Americans should get those payments. 

Snoop Dogg V. Gayle King and Ambassador Susan Rice
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Snoop Dogg V. Gayle King and Ambassador Susan Rice

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentFebruary 21, 2020

Last week, just days after the tragic death of basketball superstar and entrepreneur Kobe Bryant, CBS This Morning co-host, and Friend of Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King sparked a controversy following her interview with former WNBA star and longtime friend of Bryant, Lisa Leslie.

States Led by Texas Target Google in New Antitrust Probe
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States Led by Texas Target Google in New Antitrust Probe

RACHEL LERMAN and MARCY GORDON, Associated PressSeptember 12, 2019

The Monday announcement closely followed one from a separate group of states Friday that disclosed an investigation into Facebook’s market dominance. The two probes widen the antitrust scrutiny of big tech companies beyond sweeping federal and congressional investigations and enforcement action by European regulators.

Committee Democrats Call on Facebook to Halt Cryptocurrency Plans
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Committee Democrats Call on Facebook to Halt Cryptocurrency Plans

LAWT News ServiceJuly 12, 2019

“Investors and consumers transacting in Libra may be exposed to serious privacy and national security concerns, cyber security risks, and trading risks. Those using Facebook’s digital wallet – storing potentially trillions of dollars without depository insurance– also may become unique targets for hackers. For example, during the first three quarters of 2018, hackers stole nearly $1 billion from cryptocurrency exchanges. The system could also provide an under-regulated platform for illicit activity and money laundering.”

Thousands of Police Officers Outed in Slew of Racist Facebook Posts
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Thousands of Police Officers Outed in Slew of Racist Facebook Posts

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentJune 20, 2019

“One of the reasons that I don’t think it’s an individual problem is that these folks are talking to each other. There are a lot of posts that have eight comments underneath them, and three of those comments are by other police officers, and in those long comment threads you often see a kind of piling on,” said Philadelphia-based attorney Emily Baker-White.