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American companies continue to build surveillance tools that are used to violate human rights. Workers who refuse to comply deserve protections. Mr. Poulson is a former research scientist at Google. ImageA protester outside Google’s London headquarters in January urging the company to scrap the Dragonfly project, a censored search engine for China.CreditCreditBen Stansall/Agence France-Presse —…
Vice President Mike Pence is likely to cast a tiebreaking vote on Tuesday to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, call him the tiebreaker. A vice president does not have much on his plate, as far as constitutional responsibilities go. He presides over the official…
The CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who pressed Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Michael G. Flynn’s role in the transition. Credit Lexey Swall for The New York Times Too often television news, especially on cable, serves as a megaphone for politicians who use it to forward lies and propaganda while so effortlessly ignoring questions they’re supposedly…