Anonymous ID: 6250f7 July 1, 2022, 8:05 p.m. No.16578270   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>8286 >>8454 >>8491 >>8520 >>8537 >>8574 >>8585 >>8649 >>8739 >>8844

With note of caution, Newsom signs bill decriminalizing loitering for purpose of prostitution

 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that decriminalizes loitering for the purposes of prostitution. Senate Bill 357 was authored by State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, who has said that police use existing loitering laws to discriminate against people of color and LGBTQ people, particularly transgender people. “Current law essentially allows law enforcement to target and arrest people if they are wearing tight clothes or a lot of make-up. Many of those impacted by this law are Black and Brown trans women,” Wiener said in a statement about the bill.

 

The measure had several sponsors, including ACLU California Action. But it was opposed by several anti-trafficking groups, including the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, which said it would hinder efforts to fight sex trafficking. “The same people that this bill is supposed to protect will be hurt by taking away the very mechanisms to protect them,” said center Vice President Stephany Powell, a former LAPD vice sergeant, in a statement.

 

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article263034468.html#storylink=cpy

Anonymous ID: 6250f7 July 1, 2022, 8:11 p.m. No.16578342   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>8349 >>8351 >>8454 >>8507 >>8537 >>8574 >>8585 >>8739 >>8844

Google says it will delete location history for visits to abortion clinics after overturning of Roe v. Wade

 

Google said late Friday that it will work to quickly delete location history for people going to abortion sites and other medical sites following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last week.

 

“Today, we’re announcing that if our systems identify that someone has visited one of these places, we will delete these entries from Location History soon after they visit,” wrote Jen Fitzpatrick, Google’s senior vice president of core systems and experiences, in a blog post.

 

Fitzpatrick noted that visits to places like counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, abortion clinics and fertility centers “can be particularly personal.” Google parent Alphabet owns highly popular devices and data services, including Android, Fitbit, Search and Google Maps. That’s become a greater concern since the Supreme Court ruling, because of uncertainty surrounding whether sensitive data could be used to target what is now potentially criminal activity.

 

Google’s post says, “Fitbit users who have chosen to track their menstrual cycles in the app can currently delete menstruation logs one at a time, and we will be rolling out updates that let users delete multiple logs at once.”

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/01/google-will-delete-location-history-for-visits-to-abortion-clinics.html

Anonymous ID: 6250f7 July 1, 2022, 9:22 p.m. No.16578726   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>8739 >>8844

Following Landmark Second Amendment Decision, SCOTUS Overturns Appeals Court Decisions in 4 States

 

The Supreme Court followed up its June 23 landmark ruling that for the first time recognized a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, by issuing a series of rulings June 30 reversing federal appeals court decisions that upheld gun restrictions in California, New Jersey, Maryland, and Hawaii.

 

Courts will find it difficult to uphold the firearms laws in question after the high court’s June 30 and June 23 rulings.

 

In unsigned orders, all four cases were remanded June 30 to lower courts “for further consideration in light of” the Supreme Court’s June 23 decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. In that 6–3 ruling, the high court invalidated New York state’s tough concealed-carry gun permitting system.

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/supreme-court-overturns-lower-court-rulings-upholding-gun-restrictions-in-4-states_4570904.html?