[B] 「日本をよくしたい人を追い払うことになる」　永住許可制度の厳格化に当事者らが抗議、見直し訴える

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12 hours 23 minutes ago
出入国在留管理庁が8月4日に公表した、永住許可制度をめぐるガイドライン案の撤回を求める集会が8月下旬、都内で開かれた。外国人労働者や難民などの支援に取り組むNGO「移住者と連帯する全国ネットワーク」（移住連）が主催した。（藤ヶ谷魁）
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[B] 「法律家になりたい」難民申請中の18歳、第三国の高校編入へ　クラファンは9月4日まで

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14 hours 36 minutes ago
日本で難民申請中のアフリカ出身の高校2年生「インディゴ」さん（仮名）が、日本でも出身国でもない第三国の高校への編入を目指している。英語で高校教育を受け、その先の大学進学につなげるためだ。現在、進学手続きや渡航、現地での生活に必要な費用を募るクラウドファンディングを、一般社団法人ボーダーフリー（代表理事・若松万里子弁護士）がREADYFORで実施している。ボーダーフリーは、名古屋を拠点に弁護士4人によって設立された難民支援団体。今回の募集は「難民の少女が夢を叶えるのを応援したい！ Help Refugee」と題され、目標額は200万円、募集期限は9月4日午後11時となっている。9月1日時点では、51人から55万6000円が寄せられ、達成率は27％。成立には、あと144万4000円が必要となる。(岩中健介)
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EFF to Governor Newsom: Veto California’s AB 1709

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15 hours 51 minutes ago

The California legislature passed Assembly Bill 1709 (A.B. 1709) today, which functions as a sweeping ban on social media use for young people under the age of 16. This well-intentioned, but deeply flawed piece of legislation, cuts young people off from essential information and experiences, particularly harming vulnerable youth and marginalized groups who often find safety in supportive online communities they can't access offline. That’s why we’re urging Governor Gavin Newsom to veto the measure. 

Should the law go into effect in January, platforms would be prohibited from offering virtually every functional recommendation algorithm and basic input, such as who a user follows or what posts they like, to anyone under 16. These so-called "addictive features," are in reality the basic tools that online services use to identify what other user-generated content a particular user might want to see. Users also rely on these features to find audiences for their own speech, as well as community. By labeling these basic tools as "addictive," the bill relies on sweeping generalizations regarding the unsettled science of youth social media use. Because nearly every major service relies on automated feeds, the ultimate result is that young people under 16 will still be locked out of major digital services as they currently exist.  

A.B. 1709 is a massive privacy and free speech nightmare.

A.B. 1709 is a massive privacy and free speech nightmare. Denying young people access to digital forums (or stripping out the basic tools needed to navigate them) does nothing to make young people safer or healthier. Research shows that social media bans are ineffectual, and can be harmful when they deny young people opportunities to develop their own voices and perspectives, whether that means sharing art, practicing religion, or engaging in politics. 

Far from protecting children, the bill will also severely restrict access to constitutionally protected speech and push platforms to implement invasive age-verification methods, such as requiring government IDs or biometric scanning. Age-gating requirements will force everyone to give big tech companies even more personal information. To verify who can pass through online gates, companies will collect even more data, concentrating power in corporate hands rather than protecting users. This creates massive honeypots of sensitive personal data, severely damages online anonymity, and exposes users of all ages to heightened data breach risks. 

Finally, A.B. 1709 introduces legal confusion by creating provisions that conflict with already enacted legislation like A.B. 1043 and S.B. 976. Rather than offering regulatory clarity on already-passed laws, California will only end up spending valuable resources to defend a law bound to be tied up in court.  

For more details, you can read our full letter to the Governor here. 

Rindala Alajaji