If you're on LinkedIn and are thinking about verifying your account with them, maybe read this first. It walks through LinkedIn's privacy disclosure to identify 17 companies that may receive and process the data you submit, including name, passport photo, selfie, facial geometry, NFC data chip, national ID #, DoB, email, phone number, address, IP address, device type, MAC address, language, geolocation etc. Unsurprisingly, it seems the biggest recipients are US-based AI companies.

https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

Bill Gates, Charles Koch And Three Other Billionaires Are Giving $1 Billion To Boost Economic Mobility Using A.I.

Five of America’s top philanthropists are teaming up for a new venture aimed at helping low-income Americans rise from poverty. An AI giant has signed on to help.

Forbes
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Trump’s budget bill benefits private immigration detention companies that donated to Trump - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

President Trump’s budget bill paves the way for a huge windfall to private immigration detention companies that donated big to support Trump

CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
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There is no place for private prisons in an ethical society! Rewarding deprivation is industrial scale cuelty. What shame on us all!