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Oakland, Calif., voted to pass an ordinance that would ban municipal use of face recognition technology: https://t.co/LT1PgbmBLQ. Read more on mounting bipartisan concern over facial recognition: https://t.co/fNmeQXtG0z via @thomasomelia for @aminterest.

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@PENamerican has announced the opening of the 2020 Emerging Voices Fellowship application! This fellowship aims to provide underrepresented writers with the tools, skills, and knowledge they need to launch a professional writing career. Apply here today: https://t.co/1HDRhEBQV3

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These Journalists Are Facing Huge Threats And Injustice For Pursuing The Truth: https://t.co/OWrh3QSF6X via @BuzzFeedNews. PEN America continues to advocate on behalf of individual writers who are being persecuted because of their work: https://t.co/LUzJMNFFmZ. #pressfreedom

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