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November 12, 2020

Copyright reform activist Julia Reda to keynote FSF's LibrePlanet, March 20 & 21, 2021 — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

Julia Reda is the first keynote to be confirmed for the 2021 edition of the LibrePlanet conference. Reda is a former European Parliament member who is well known for her work on copyright reform and net neutrality. She is an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and a Shuttleworth Foundation fellow. Currently, Julia Reda leads the fundamental rights litigation project "control ©" at the German Society for Civil Rights.

Trump Won Florida After Running a False Ad Tying Biden to Venezuelan Socialists — ProPublica
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A Trump video targeting Florida’s growing Venezuelan American population falsely claimed that Venezuela’s socialist regime wanted Biden to win. But President Nicolás Maduro has said that he opposed both candidates.

The Daily — Study: The long-term labour market integration of refugee claimants who became permanent residents in Canada

The superior labour market position of PSRs shortly after landing compared with the other groups studied is not surprising, as they initially had a sponsor who volunteered to help them financially or otherwise for up to one year. However, over time, the labour market situation of RC-PRs improved at a much faster rate, eventually surpassing that of PSRs.

After four years following a claim or landing, the proportion of RC-PRs (21.1%) and PSRs (21.0%) who collected social assistance was almost identical. At the 13-year mark, RC-PRs (11.4%) were somewhat less likely to collect social assistance than PSRs (14.3%).