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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Is Your State’s Child Safety Law Unconstitutional? Try Comprehensive Data Privacy Instead
October 03, 2023
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EFF And Other Experts Join in Pointing Out Pitfalls of Proposed EU Cyber-Resilience Act
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GAO Report Shows the Government Uses Face Recognition with No Accountability, Transparency, or Training
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The Intercept
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White House Faces Calls to Stop Ex-Guantánamo Detainee’s Forced Return to Russia
October 03, 2023
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Rep. Josh Gottheimer Headlines No Labels Call While Eyeing Run for Higher Office
October 02, 2023
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Amazon and Google Are Finally Facing the Music
October 01, 2023
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New Group Attacking iPhone Encryption Backed by U.S. Political Dark-Money Network
October 01, 2023
VTDigger
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Ex-Brattleboro police officer banned from working in Vermont law enforcement
October 03, 2023
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‘The chickens coming home to roost’: Balint and fellow Dems join hardline Republicans in ousting Speaker McCarthy
October 03, 2023
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7 sentenced in connection with 2019 fatal shootout in Burlington
October 03, 2023
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2 days of food, music in Montpelier will celebrate businesses’ return after floods
October 03, 2023
Mountain Times -- Central Vermont
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October’s eclipse
October 03, 2023
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Your weekly horoscope, Oct. 4-10, 2023
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Your weekly horoscope, Sept. 28 – Oct. 3, 2023
September 28, 2023
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Great Gulf announces design team for village at Killington Resort
September 28, 2023
NEW YORK – I recently attended the China Development Forum in Beijing, an annual gathering of senior foreign business leaders, academics, former policymakers, and top Chinese officials.
This year’s conference was the first to be held in person since 2019, and it offered Western observers the opportunity to meet China’s new senior leadership, including new Premier Li Qiang.
The event also offered Li his first opportunity to engage with foreign representatives since taking office. While much has been said about Chinese President Xi Jinping appointing close loyalists to crucial positions within the Communist Party of China and the government, our discussions with Li and other high-ranking Chinese officials offered a more nuanced view of their policies and leadership style.
Prior to becoming premier in March, Li served as the CPC secretary in Shanghai. As an economic reformer and proponent of private entrepreneurship, he played a crucial role in convincing Tesla to build a mega-factory in the city. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he enforced Xi’s strict zero-COVID policy and oversaw a two-month lockdown of Shanghai.
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