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United Nations: protect rights in welfare systems’ tech overhaul

17 Oct 2019

Governments should pay attention to the call of the United Nations’ leading expert on poverty to fully integrate human rights protections into their efforts to digitize and automate welfare benefits and services.

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United Nations: protect rights in welfare systems’ tech overhaul
17 Oct 2019
United Nations: protect rights in welfare systems’ tech overhaul
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Poverty in the U.S.? Yes — and it’s a digital rights issue

16 Nov 2017

We’re asking the United Nations to examine barriers to internet access, invasion of privacy for welfare recipients, and the targeted surveillance of immigrant, poor, and minority communities.

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Poverty in the U.S.? Yes — and it’s a digital rights issue
16 Nov 2017
Poverty in the U.S.? Yes — and it’s a digital rights issue
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