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December 15, 2020

Vulnerabilities related to COVID-19 among LGBTQ2+ Canadians

Financial resources can buffer the impacts of lack of employment and job loss. According to the 2018 SSPPS, LGBTQ2+ Canadians were over-represented in low income categories and they were less likely than non-LGBTQ2+ Canadians to have a total personal income above $40,000 before taxesNote (Chart 1). In particular, a significantly higher proportion of LGBTQ2+ Canadians (41%) had a total personal income of less than $20,000 per year compared with their non-LGBTQ2+ counterparts (26%)Note . The average personal incomes of LGBTQ2+ income earners were also significantly lower ($39,000) than those of non-LGBTQ2+ ($54,000) people in Canada.

CPI State secretary arrested for holding dharna against farm laws - The Hindu
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Communist Party of India State secretary K. Ramakrishna was arrested along with other party activists at III Town police station in New Delhi on Tuesday for picketing the police station as a protest against the three Farm Laws passed by the Centre and supporting agitating Punjab farmers.

European Commission’s Proposed Digital Services Act Got Several Things Right, But Improvements Are Necessary to Put Users in Control | Electronic Frontier Foundation
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The European Commission is set to release today a draft of the Digital Services Act, the most significant reform of European Internet regulations in two decades. The proposal, which will modernize the backbone of the EU’s Internet legislation—the e-Commerce Directive—sets out new responsibilities and rules for how Facebook, Amazon, and other companies that host content handle and make decisions about billions of users’ posts, comments, messages, photos, and videos.