#Australia #WelcomeToCountry A huge council has become the first to axe Welcome to Country acknowledgements at its meetings since the Voice to Parliament referendum was defeated. Northern Areas Council, 200km north of Adelaide, earlier this month passed a motion to remove the official acknowledgement from meetings and remove it from official correspondence.
South Australian council becomes the first since the Voice referendum failure to dump Acknowledgements to Country | Daily Mail Online
The Northern Areas Council, located about 200km north of Adelaide, this month quietly passed a motion to remove its Indigenous Acknowledgement to ...
#Privacy #Youtube #AdBlockers As YouTube tightens its restrictions on ad blockers, privacy advocates in the European Union are betting that government regulations can put a stop to the crackdown. One privacy expert, Alexander Hanff, filed a complaint in October with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). Hanff argues that YouTube’s ad blocker detection system is a violation of privacy — a charge Google denies — and illegal under EU law. “AdBlock detection scripts are spyware — there is no other way to describe them and as such it is not acceptable to deploy them without consent,” Hanff tells The Verge. “I consider any deployment of technology which can be used to spy on my devices is both unethical and illegal in most situations.”
The Verge
YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown isn’t just annoying, it could be illegal in Europe
Can YouTube legally block ad blockers in the EU?
#Science #Health #parkinson The first patient to receive a spinal implant to treat advanced Parkinson’s disease has described experiencing “a rebirth” after the treatment allowed him to walk again without falling over. Marc, 63, from Bordeaux, France, was diagnosed with the degenerative disease more than 20 years ago and had developed severe mobility problems, including balance impairments and freezing of gait. After receiving the implant, which aims to restore normal signalling to the leg muscles from the spine, he has been able to walk more normally and regained his independence.
the Guardian
Parkinson’s patient able to walk 6km without problems after spinal implant
Marc, 63, had freezing of gait before becoming first with advanced Parkinson’s to be fitted with device restoring normal signalling