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  1. Cory Doctorow @[email protected] ·
    CW: Long thread/6

    #5yrsago Googlers revolt against Google’s secret plan to offer censored search tools in China theintercept.com/2018/08/03/go

    #5yrsago How the NYPD recriminalized marijuana after the state decriminalized it nytimes.com/2018/08/02/nyregio

    #5yrsago How #Jpay gouges prisoners’ families for “digital postage stamps” wired.com/story/jpay-securus-p

    #5yrsago Listen: #ZZTop’s “Legs” and #U2’s “Streets Have No Name” are the same song youtube.com/watch?v=cBYQ7cMJhk

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    #5yrsago #jpay #zztop #u2
  2. Cory Doctorow @[email protected] ·
    CW: Long thread/15

    This was a bonanza for prison profiteers. Companies like #Jpay (now a division of Securus) cranked up the price of prisoners' calls. At the same time, dark-money lobbying campaigns urged prisons to get rid of their in-person visitation programs in the name of "safety":

    mic.com/articles/142779/the-en

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    #jpay
  3. Tracy Rosenberg @[email protected] ·

    "In short: “Happy Black History Month” from the parasites that get rich off the backs of Black people". #Securus #JPay #PhoneJustice vice.com/en/article/jgmvmx/hap

    #securus #jpay #phonejustice