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Europe | Great Britain | Security

Ridiculous: Woman upset after London airport forces her to dump breast milk – all 15 litres of it

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Aviation officials at London's Heathrow Airport forced a nursing mother to dump nearly four gallons (nearly 15 litres) of breast milk, including a sizable amount that was frozen, the woman says. But Jessica Coakley Martinez didn't just cry over it. She penned an outraged open letter on Facebook that has resonated with working mothers everywhere. "I normally would not post something this personal, but I do not remember the last time I felt so justly upset," she writes. In her posting, she documents the travails of breastfeeding while holding down a job that requires her to be away from
International | Crimes

Hackers Are Sneaking Into Women’s Webcams and Posting the Footage on YouTube

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Here’s more evidence that you’re not a tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist if you cover your webcam with a post-it note. According to a new report by digital rights group Digital Citizens Alliance, hackers are hijacking the webcams of women and girls and uploading the intimate footage to YouTube for profit. The report, which was released at the Black Hat conference, describes how hackers known as “ratters” use a special kind of malware called a remote access trojan, or RAT, to gain access to a victim’s computer and control their webcams. Trojans account for 70 percent of al
North America | United States | Activism

Filmmaker Laura Poitras Sues US Over ‘Kafkaesque’ Harassment

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Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Laura Poitras on Monday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. intelligence agencies for subjecting her to what she called "Kafkaesque" harassment at airports throughout the U.S. and the world on dozens of occasions. Poitras, who won an Academy Award last year for Citizenfour, the documentary about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, said she has been detained, searched without warrant, interrogated for hours, and had vital belongings confiscated more than 50 times over the course of six years—without ever being charged w
Middle East | UAE | Culture

Almost 100 men fined each day on Dubai Metro for using women’s carriage

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Metro inspectors are fining almost 100 men a day for entering women-only coaches, making it the penalty most commonly incurred by passengers, trumping sneaking into gold class, chewing gum or drinking water. Since March, the Roads and Transport Authority has warned commuters that men will face a Dh100 fine if they intrude into the women and children space on the trains. Large pink signs inside coaches and on platforms clearly mark out the area, although this has not stopped many men from boarding.

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