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In Tariff Scams, Some Products Made In China Are Mislabeled To Avoid Levies : NPR

"It's no secret. It's definitely an open cottage industry in China, big time," said a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss tariff enforcement policy. "It's not uncommon to hear stories of Chinese brokers charging a nominal extra fee to somebody to essentially say, 'Don't worry about it. I'll make sure it doesn't say 'China' on it.' "

Google Maps Is Still Directing Women Seeking Abortions to Pro-Life Clinics — and a Memorial for the ‘Unborn’ – VICE

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Google Maps Is Still Directing Women Seeking Abortions to Pro-Life Clinics — and a Memorial for the ‘Unborn’ – VICE

There’s just one abortion clinic left in North Dakota, and it’s in Fargo. But if you’re searching for a clinic around the state’s second-largest city, Google Maps won’t tell you about it.

Instead, searching Google Maps for “Where can I get an abortion in Bismarck, North Dakota?” will bring up results not only for a facility that doesn’t offer abortion but also for North Dakota Right to Life — an organization that lobbies to end abortion.

MD Creekmore – Trump Coming For Your Guns – Social Credit Score and Red Flag USA

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Thump The Champion For Gun Rights and The Constitution… a Real Patriot… Oh, wait… What?

The Trump administration is considering launching a social credit score-style system in coordination with Big Tech that would use spy data collected from Amazon, Google and Apple devices to determine whether or not an individual can own a gun.

I never thought of Donald Trump as much of a conservative. I have no illusion, I know his type well. He's a New York City Republican, the kind of person who expresses the crude and disgusting views of the NY P.O.S.T. He swims in the same pool as Brilliant Bloomberg and that loony known as Giuliani.

U.S. in Danger of Chinese-Style Social Credit System

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U.S. in Danger of Chinese-Style Social Credit System

Communist China's massive internet surveillance system is coming to the United States, and conservatives should be worried.

Since 2014, the Communist Chinese government has been perfecting its internet monitoring system, which spies on its citizens' online activity. Using the data, the Chinese can "blacklist" various citizens whose online comments they deem undesirable and lower their credit rating, restricting them from traveling, being barred from better schools, jobs and even from getting a loan.

Beijing is now applying its system to foreign businesses in China in the ongoing trade war with the United States.

Paranoid rhetoric from a far right-wing website? Yeah, probably. But we shouldn't discount that possibility of an arbitrary social score system coming to America, possibly put forward by social media companies or maybe something like a credit rating bureau. Their might be push back from the civil libertarians, but it's hard to stop something like that if it's not put forward by the government and big businesses want it. I could also see it being tied in with the Red Flag Laws or the right to vote -- people who are viewed as too dangerous might have their voter files flagged and their voting records deleted by the government. Sometimes it's impossible to stop the procession of dangerous technology.