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[Link] ‘It’s really scary’: welfare recipients forced to attend in-person appointments despite Omicron surge
Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
A woman with chronic illnesses and an immunocompromised partner and the single mother of a toddler are among those being told they’ll have their benefits cut if they don’t attend face-to-face job agency appointments, despite an unprecedented surge of Covid cases.
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[Link] ‘You may bring shame to your family’: Australia launches campaign to stop seasonal farm workers absconding
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Australian government has launched an aggressive campaign to prevent Pacific Islander farm workers from fleeing their jobs as new figures reveal more than 1,000 seasonal pickers absconded in the past year.
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[Link] Hackers Apologize to Arab Royal Families for Leaking Their Data
Read: 6/11/2021 www.vice.com
Among the data Conti leaked, there were sensitive files belonging to celebrities like David Beckham, Oprah Winfrey, and Donald Trump, according to The Daily Mail. There was also, according to the hackers themselves, information belonging to the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi royal families.
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[Link] Facebook lets Kazakh govt directly flag harmful content, joint statement says
Read: 4/11/2021 www.reuters.com
ALMATY, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms (FB.O) has granted the Kazakh government access to its content reporting system, after the Central Asian nation threatened to block the social network for millions of local users.
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