Mass. Governor Proposes Eliminating Statute of Limitations for Rape When DNA Evidence Exists
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A WBUR-ProPublica investigation found that no DNA match, testimony or even confession could allow a rape to be prosecuted after the state’s 15-year deadline. The governor aims to “help survivors who have had to wait far too long for justice.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-rape-statute-of-limitations-dna-healey-proposal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Massachusetts #Rape #Assault #Law #DNA #Crime #Justice

Mass. Governor Proposes Eliminating Statute of Limitations for Rape When DNA Evidence Exists
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A WBUR-ProPublica investigation found that no DNA match, testimony or even confession could allow a rape to be prosecuted after the state’s 15-year deadline. The governor aims to “help survivors who have had to wait far too long for justice.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-rape-statute-of-limitations-dna-healey-proposal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Massachusetts #Rape #Assault #Law #DNA #Crime #Justice

The #Trump Administration wants your #DNA and five years' #socialmedia - https://www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5713/trump-administration-wants-your-dna-and-social-media and family telephone nos. " #AI tools will likely be deployed to unlock details of your life for border and immigration agencies."

The #Trump Administration wants your #DNA and five years' #socialmedia - https://www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5713/trump-administration-wants-your-dna-and-social-media and family telephone nos. " #AI tools will likely be deployed to unlock details of your life for border and immigration agencies."

RE: https://chaos.social/@epicenter_works/115932962577081159

Today the @EUCommission unveiled its proposal for a Digital Networks Act ( #DNA)... and it has far-reaching implications for Europe’s internet.

Despite being framed as a “technical update,” our member @epicenter_works's first analysis shows the proposal could dismantle key net neutrality safeguards, centralise political power, and threaten an open and neutral internet.

Read the full analysis 👇

For decades now, the traditional telcos keep trying to find ways to get newer companies to pay them... whether it is dressed up as " #FairShare " or #NetworkFees or "dispute resolution" or whatever... in the end they are flawed ideas that are solutions trying to find problems (that don't exist). My @internetsociety colleague Carl Gahnberg writes about concerns with the European Commission's proposal for the #DigitalNetworksAct / #DNA ...

https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/01/fair-share-and-the-digital-networks-act-dna-three-concerns/

#Internet #InternetGovernance

RE: https://chaos.social/@epicenter_works/115932962577081159

Today the @EUCommission unveiled its proposal for a Digital Networks Act ( #DNA)... and it has far-reaching implications for Europe’s internet.

Despite being framed as a “technical update,” our member @epicenter_works's first analysis shows the proposal could dismantle key net neutrality safeguards, centralise political power, and threaten an open and neutral internet.

Read the full analysis 👇

Do you want #GATTACA ❓ Because this is how you get GATTACA...

They're talking about going house to house gathering your #DNA to biometrically identify immigrants. Just a little madness.

#News #PublicPolicy #Privacy #Biometric #DNA #Biometrics

https://reason.com/2026/01/09/dhs-invokes-immigration-enforcement-to-justify-gathering-americans-dna

Do you want #GATTACA ❓ Because this is how you get GATTACA...

They're talking about going house to house gathering your #DNA to biometrically identify immigrants. Just a little madness.

#News #PublicPolicy #Privacy #Biometric #DNA #Biometrics

https://reason.com/2026/01/09/dhs-invokes-immigration-enforcement-to-justify-gathering-americans-dna

DHS Invokes Immigration Enforcement to Justify Gathering Americans' DNA

https://reason.com/2026/01/09/dhs-invokes-immigration-enforcement-to-justify-gathering-americans-dna/

#HackerNews #DHS #Immigration #Enforcement #DNA #Privacy #Rights

Here's a reminder about one of the most important results of the past thirteen years of ancient #DNA research.

Northern Europe was overrun by plague-spreading steppe nomads less than 5000 years ago, causing an almost complete population replacement. It's a 1492 event.

Everybody knows that us Northern Europeans aren't the original inhabitants of North America. *But we aren't even the original inhabitants of Northern Europe.*

#archaeology #immigration