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Mar 19, 2019
Facebook Settles Civil Rights Cases by Making Sweeping Changes to Its Online Ad Platform
Advertisers will no longer be able to exclude users from learning about opportunities for housing, employment, or credit based on gender, age, or other protected characteristics under a historic settlement agreement with Facebook.
Feb 10, 2016
The Results Are In: North Carolina’s Law to Drug Test Work First Applicants is a Costly and Mean-Spirited Waste of Time
Early results of a new law that allows North Carolina to drug test people who apply for a program that provides temporary assistance to needy families confirm what the ACLU-NC and others argued at the time of the bill’s passage: it is a wasteful and unnecessary government invasion of privacy.
By Mike Meno
Jun 02, 2015
North Carolina Appeals Court Hears Arguments over Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking
Yesterday, the North Carolina Court of Appeals heard arguments in Perry v. State of North Carolina, a case that asks whether the government should be allowed to track your location in real time using your cell phone without first obtaining a warrant.
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