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DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity (www.advocate.com)

submitted 8 months ago by florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well to be fair they said to remove all mentions of gender from government documentation. They meant ALL of it.