How to stay safer at a #protest
• What to bring
• How to prepare
• Know your rights
• While you're there
• Find out if there is a #legal support/bail organization or hotline in your area.
AFSC guidelines. Two pages. https://afsc.org/sites/default/files/documents/KYR_stay%20safter_checklist.pdf
#peacefulprotest #FreedomOfAssembly
Karl Groves: Digital Accessibility is a Civil Right. “Recently, the City Journal published a critique of ADA-based lawsuits targeting inaccessible websites that paints a picture of legal chaos and unfair burdens on businesses. But beneath its surface-level concerns lies a more problematic argument: that digital inclusion is somehow optional—or worse, exploitative. Let’s be clear: digital […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/karl-groves-digital-accessibility-is-a-civil-right/
Hungary to quit the International Criminal Court as Netanyahu arrives.
Hungary announced Thursday it would officially withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The announcement comes shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was hit with an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, arrived in Budapest for a state visit.
ADA Compliance vs. WCAG Conformance, by @easya11yguide@x.com:
#Business #Guides
Comparing WCAG, EAA, and EN 301 549 · What they mean for businesses/organizations worldwide https://ilo.im/1633sg
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#Accessibility #Standards #Legal #WCAG #EAA #EN301549 #Development #WebDev #Frontend
Just another firm to ignore.
#Arkansas #legal #children #InternetAccess
'A judge in Arkansas has shut down the state’s law requiring some social networks to verify the ages of those in the state to create an account and ensure that minors have parental permission. Judge Timothy L. Brooks ruled the law, dubbed the Social Media Safety Act, was too broad as to violate the First Amendment rights of internet users and was so vague it was unclear which social networks the law would cover.'
The Guardian: Donkey Kong champion wins defamation case against Australian YouTuber Karl Jobst . “A professional YouTuber in Queensland has been ordered to pay $350,000 plus interest and costs to the former world record score holder for Donkey Kong, after the Brisbane district court found the YouTuber had defamed him ‘recklessly’ with false claims of a link between a lawsuit and another […]
https://www.europesays.com/1963377/ Stocks slip as markets await Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariff announcement #BenBennett #DonaldTrump #FTSE100 #GreatBritain #Legal&GeneralInvestmentManagement #LiberationDay #UnitedKingdom #WhiteHouse
EU and UK fine carmakers millions over recycling cartel.
Fifteen major car manufacturers have been fined almost €600 million by the European Commission and the British government after Mercedes-Benz blew the whistle on a cartel that fixed car recycling costs and processes.
The carmakers had entered into anti-competitive agreements to prevent competition on the stripping, scrapping and recycling of old cars.
#InformationsfreiheitsGesetz #IFG #FediLaw #Legal #DEpol #USpol
Da hat sie absolut Recht, denn nur so konnten engagierte Rechtsanwälte in den #USA diese vergangene Woche die #SignalGate-Affäre der #US-Regierung gerichtlich an den Pranger stellen.
Dass es nur auf bundes- & nicht auf landesebene gilt, ist eigentlich skandalös. "Accountablity" ist eigentlich einer DER zentralen #Demokratie-Garanten. Dazu ist #Transparenz der politisch Handelnden und der öffentlichen Verwaltung unabdingbar.
Do not talk to the police.
A Win for Repro Rights: Alabama Can’t Charge Activists Helping Patients Get Out of State Abortions
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/alabama-cant-charge-abortion-groups-for-helping-patients-out-of-state-criminal-conspiracy/ #Reproduction #ReproductiveRights #Abortions #Alabama #Freedom #Activists #Courts #Legal
Stateline: Cities lead bans on algorithmic rent hikes as states lag behind. “Minneapolis on Thursday has become the fourth U.S. city to ban algorithmic rental price-fixing software, joining San Francisco, Philadelphia and Berkeley, California, in a growing wave of legislation aimed to protect renters from rental price-gouging. While momentum builds at the city level — with Portland, Oregon; […]
#France #politics #legal #crime #MarineLePen
'Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen was handed a four-year prison sentence and banned from holding public office for five years by a French court Monday...
Until this week, Le Pen had looked like the likeliest winner in France's next presidential election set for 2027, but she was found guilty Monday by a court of embezzling European Union funds.'
#China #Taiwan #influencers #legal
"Chinese Douyin influencer 'Yaya in Taiwan,' whose real name is Liu Zhen-ya, left Taiwan on March 25 after a deportation order.... Liu, who has around 500,000 followers on the Chinese social media platform Douyin, came under scrutiny last month over videos expressing support for the unification of Taiwan and China by armed force."
He thinks he is king. The Constitution and Lsw mean nothing to him.
Looks like Exhibit A to me.
cool initiative! 
ToS;DR = Terms of Service;Didn’t Read
