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#OTD in 1987, ACT UP protesters staged their first protest on Wall Street. 250 members disrupted traffic to target Big Pharma for price gouging HIV/AIDS drugs and to demand a national policy to fight AIDS.
The FDA, pressured by the outcry, shortened its drug approval process.
Tell Congress: instead of banning TikTok, pass comprehensive privacy legislation!
https://rightsanddissent.salsalabs.org/no-tiktok-ban
In a push to dismiss a lawsuit against alleged CIA spying on American attorneys and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the CIA and former CIA director Mike Pompeo contend they had no "reasonable expectation" of privacy https://thedissenter.org/cia-says-assange-visitors-had-no-privacy-rights/
Another anti-riot bill has passed at the state level. This Wisconsin bill defines a riot as any group of three people that commit violence - including property damage. Adding felony charges to protests involving vandalism endangers dissent.
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-riot-penalties-protest-legislation-2f5cb69097cb138d38745f820459feb9
"The country’s online privacy problems run far deeper than any single app. And the people most responsible for failing to safeguard Americans’ data, arguably, are American lawmakers." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/24/tiktok-online-privacy-laws/