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Companies accused of crimes get more digital privacy rights than people under new Trump policy

  • Written by Sarah Esther Lageson, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University - Newark
Companies accused of crimes get more digital privacy rights than people under new Trump policyIn the U.S., the internet never forgets. Westend61/Getty Images

Corporations increasingly receive the same rights as people. Now, it seems, they have privileges even people don’t.

Case in point: The Labor Department recently urged regulators to stop issuing press releases about companies that may have violated laws on discrimination, worker...

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