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5 votes
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India's Parliament approves controversial citizenship bill that grants citizenship to minorities facing persecution from three neighbouring countries - but excludes Muslims
9 votes -
The new debtor's prisons: High-interest loan companies are using Utah’s small claims courts to arrest borrowers and take their bail money
15 votes -
There are now traffic cameras that can spot you using your phone while driving
9 votes -
South Carolina's system for magistrate judges is unlike any state in the country: judges can have less training than barbers but still decide thousands of cases each year
4 votes -
European Commission refers Denmark to the Court for failing to fulfil its obligations in relation to the name 'Feta'
4 votes -
Katie Hill, the media, and the limits of revenge-porn laws
8 votes -
Uber has been refused a licence to operate in London, UK
17 votes -
Russians under threat for Q&A video
7 votes -
From January, jet fuel suppliers in Norway must blend 0.5% of biofuel in all their aviation fuel – a policy Oslo hopes will lead to lower CO2 emissions
7 votes -
The case of the shotgun booby trap
6 votes -
In Mississippi, Jim Crow era laws result in a high rate of black kids charged as adults
6 votes -
Germany makes measles vaccination compulsory
10 votes -
China introduces restrictions on video games for minors
8 votes -
London protest ban on Extinction Rebellion ruled unlawful
10 votes -
NH lawmaker blocks device repair bill, tells constituents to just buy new $1k phones
7 votes -
EU passes “Right to repair” Law to make large appliances easier to repair starting from 2021
31 votes -
Andrew Yang was groomed for a high-paying job at an elite law firm. He lasted five months.
9 votes -
Family of teen who died from Ecstacy support legalisation
8 votes -
Video games in China: beyond the great firewall
6 votes -
Denmark approves stripping IS fighters of citizenship – bill was fast-tracked amid concerns imprisoned IS fighters may escape during a Turkish offensive
8 votes -
House overwhelmingly approves contentious new copyright bill
19 votes -
It's not just a bunch of flowers - Why supporting Extinction Rebellion in a spirit of cooperation and friendship has, at times, been extraordinarily difficult
10 votes -
Elizabeth Warren faced sexism, split with a husband and found her voice teaching law in Houston
5 votes -
Why US cities are banning new fast food drive-throughs
8 votes -
Set to rights – Iceland's new Gender Autonomy Act
7 votes -
Denmark will fast-track legislation to strip foreign fighters of Danish citizenship
6 votes -
California is banning the tiny bottles of shampoo in hotels
11 votes -
Europe's top court has upheld the strict protection that EU law offers to Finnish wolves and other species
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Shame on those who defend the "loving smack": it's just plain violence against children
19 votes -
Transgender man who gave birth must be registered as "mother" on the birth certificate
11 votes -
US Supreme Court term to begin with blockbuster question: Is it legal to fire someone for being gay or transgender?
13 votes -
According to leaked emails from Natalia Veselnitskaya, Russia’s disinformation campaign may have broken U.S. law and exposed details of a witness who later fell from a window
6 votes -
Jews and Muslims in Sweden outraged over call to ban male circumcision
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Doctors working for the Department for Work and Pensions must respect a service user's pronoun choice
This is a bit complicated. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the government department that pays social security benefits in the UK. There are a range of benefits. Some of these...
This is a bit complicated.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the government department that pays social security benefits in the UK. There are a range of benefits. Some of these benefits are for people who cannot work because of disability. In order to qualify for some of these disability benefits you need to have a medical assessment with an "independent" doctor. This doctor is independent from the patient. They're employed by companies who are paid by the DWP, so there's supposed to be some kind of arm's length arrangement there.
A doctor was employed by one of these companies to do this assessment work for the DWP. He was a committed Christian. He held that he would not be able to refer to people by anything other than the gender they were assigned at birth.
The DWP is clear: you must respect a person's choice of pronouns.
The General Medical Council (the registrant body for doctors in England) is also clear: you must not impose your personal views upon your patients, especially if it's going to cause distress.
This doctor was spoken to about his beliefs. He declined to change his stance. He lost his job. He took his employer to employment tribunal for unfair dismissal based on discrimination against his protected characteristic: his religious views.
He lost his case.
Here's the legal document: https://christianconcern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CC-Resource-Judgment-Mackereth-DWP-Others-ET-191002.pdf
It's pretty long! 42 pages! The last pages give a summary.
You'll notice the URL. He was supported by the Christian Legal Centre. I won't say anything about them, but I'll link this page which gives some useful information: https://nearlylegal.co.uk/2018/04/on-the-naughty-step-the-questionable-ethics-of-the-christian-legal-centre/
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Stamos on legal issues for US tech companies sharing with foreign governments
@alexstamos: It's really early on a Sunday, so while I sip my coffee I'm also going to try to clear up a lot of confusion about the CLOUD Act created by poor reporting by The Times (of London) and Bloomberg. Here is the original, incorrect story: https://t.co/1l8tgH1r4s
5 votes -
'Ban kids from loot box gambling in games,' MPs say
11 votes -
French court says Valve must allow Steam users to resell games
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Indonesia moving to ban sex outside marriage
16 votes -
“This has to end. We cannot say it any clearer.” A guide to the decades-long familial dispute over John Steinbeck’s estate.
7 votes -
New York City's council proposes repealing the city’s ban on conversion therapy in order to thwart a potential Supreme Court battle
5 votes -
Denmark frees thirty-two inmates over flaws in phone geolocation evidence – two-month moratorium on the use of mobile phone records
9 votes -
California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers as employees
23 votes -
Childlike sex dolls are a violation of Norwegian law, the Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark test case
12 votes -
Sacklers would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma under settlement proposal
11 votes -
93% of British Columbians want to scrap changing clocks for daylight time, survey says
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The State of California is getting closer to adopting the Fair Pay to Play Act, a law that would end NCAA amateurism as we know it
12 votes -
Web scraping doesn’t violate anti-hacking law, appeals court rules
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Norway issues rightwing terror warning for year ahead
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How a federal court ruling on Boise’s homeless camping ban has rippled across the West
10 votes