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– Privacy International asks Thomson Reuters if it will stop facilitating the US government's "zero tolerance" policy (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 12, 2018

Documentation shows that Thomson Reuters Corporation is selling access to highly sensitive and personal data to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, the authority responsible for implementing the US government's zero tolerance immigration policy, including the separation of families at detention centres.
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