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Minneapolis City Council members pledge to defund and dismantle the city’s police department

Minneapolis City Council members pledge to defund and dismantle the city’s police department

Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council, a veto-proof majority of the council’s 13 members, announced their intention to defund and dismantle the city’s police department and build a new public safety system. “We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department,” City Council member Jeremiah Ellison tweeted

Data privacy vs public safety: contact tracing apps face hurdles

Data privacy vs public safety: contact tracing apps face hurdles

Schools, offices and restaurants have begun to reopen as countries around the world start easing COVID-19 lockdown measures. This has led public health officials to seek ways to minimize the risk of a resurgence of the virus. One of the ways governments and other entities have been attempting to mitigate