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Amy Miller

@amyailaw.bsky.social
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Reporter covering the contentious intersection of AI and regulation for MLex. An occasional banjo picker. Twitter refugee. Columbia grad.

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Amy Miller @amyailaw.bsky.social · 1h
Things Shivon didn’t say on the witness stand in the Musk v Altman trial. people.com/elon-musk-ab...
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Shivon Zilis, Mom of 4 of Elon Musk’s Kids, Reveals Billionaire Abruptly Broke Up with Her and Posts Some Final Texts
Elon Musk abruptly broke up with partner Shivon Zilis, who is also the mother of four of his kids, she said on X in a lengthy statement along with one of their most recent messages
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Amy Miller @amyailaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Please don’t let me die in Florida — Patty Griffin
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)
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What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 24/09/2026
Healthy S.F., the city's healthcare program for the uninsured, has seen enrollment jump 39% this year. That may be only the beginning. As more San Franciscans lose Medi-Cal, one Mission District clinic is already seeing more uninsured patients. missionlocal.org/2026/09/more...
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More and more S.F. residents are losing insurance. Can Healthy S.F. fill the gap?
Healthy S.F. enrollment is up 39% as people lose Medi-Cal coverage and clinics brace for further federal and state health care changes.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. Watch us break down how a once-rare emergency process became the norm.
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The Supreme Court Changed. What Now?
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NPR @npr.org · 21/09/2026
With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances. n.pr/4hC0sCu
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The data center backlash is reshaping American politics — one community at a time
With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.
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IntoTheBlue @taraba.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/18/a... #LLM #Anthropic #OpenAI #LLM
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Anthropic and OpenAI need truly independent safety evaluators, experts say in public letter
A coalition of over 100 AI experts are urging independence and transparency from Anthropic, OpenAI and other foundation model labs to conduct evaluations.
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Amy Miller @amyailaw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
But not tanning beds?
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 12/09/2026
After-9/11, the United States established a national registry for tens of thousands of people from Muslim-majority countries. The program stigmatized Muslim communities but never uncovered any terrorism links. "It wrecked so many lives, but officials just have forgotten," says author Rozina Ali.
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“Let’s Just Round Them Up”: The Rise of Islamophobia in the Post-9/11 Domestic War on Terror
The attacks on September 11, 2001, unleashed a wave of Islamophobia in the United States that resulted in widespread harassment and persecution of Muslim Americans. In addition to vigilante attacks ta...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🚨 SOUND UP ⬆️ A billboard truck blaring data center noise and display GOP campaign contributions from Al has been seen driving around the GOP convention in Dallas. A+ no notes 👌🏽
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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I loved talking to organizers in Menomonie and across Wisconsin about how they're beating back data center proposals coming from shady development companies left and right. One told me, "Organizing swiftly and fiercely and relentlessly is the key.” ✊
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One Wisconsin City Beat Back a Data Center. Now Residents Are Helping Others Do the Same.
When a secretive $1.6 billion data center proposal landed in Menomonie with almost no warning, residents had weeks to fight back. They won — and built a toolkit so other communities can, too.
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10/09/2026
About 200 data center opponents rallied on the Capitol steps Tuesday afternoon, calling for a three-year ban on new projects. Read more: www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/09/2026
For years, New Yorkers have demanded access to City records about the lasting health impacts of the horrific September 11th attacks. For years, they have been denied and ignored. That ends today. nyc.gov/sept11docs
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September 11 Docs
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Techdirt: "You cannot do age or identity verification safely. It always creates some sort of record and that set of records will always become a target." www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/h...
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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it “age” verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we&#821…
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NPR @npr.org · 03/09/2026
At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom. n.pr/3T6gEma
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Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92
At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom.
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Amy Miller @amyailaw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If only MapQuest had public transportation!!
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Amy Miller @amyailaw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Clearly they don’t care about public opinion, and I’m not buying a new Apple product until they change those stupid maps back. Enjoy Apple, great business strategy you got there.
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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
You don’t see toxic data centers near Mar-a-Lago or at Elon Musk’s house. Why? Because they think they are the only class of people that deserve clean land, air, & water. Memphis needs a data center moratorium until proper regulations are passed to protect our communities.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/09/2026
NEW: Top USPS officials expressed concerns that new mail voting rules could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms, but the rules moved forward anyway, ProPublica has learned.
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New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement
In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/08/2026
NEW: After buzzy fintech startup Bilt left customers with frozen accounts and unpaid rents, Russell Vought told Congress that Bilt was “able to fix their issues” before the CFPB needed to investigate. Weeks later, a second debacle hit customers.
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The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Custo...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/08/2026
A German doctor whose hospital treated an unvaccinated boy who later died of diphtheria told our reporter of the infection: “It was taught as history,” he said. In the U.S., measles was taught as history, too. Now it isn’t.
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Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs.
In other parts of the world that have let their guard down to vaccine-preventable diseases, long-forgotten scourges have roared back and killed and disabled children.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/08/2026
PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO DATA CENTERS IS NON-PARTISAN Sherrod Brown is putting Jon Husted’s record on blast. Husted was the point man as data centers poured in, benefiting from billions in tax breaks while communities were left dealing with higher electricity costs.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 12/08/2026
Michigan voters sent a clear message: Data center opponents dominated the Aug. 4 primaries, with at least 14 anti data-center candidates defeating pro-data center opponents. The issue is emerging as a powerful political force across party lines.
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Michigan Voters Just Sent a Resounding Message About Data Centers - Inside Climate News
In primary races for Congress, the state legislature and attorney general, data center opponents prevailed.
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Marcy @deadheadgirly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"In air collisions are way up, and interestingly enough, so is the use of racial and misogynistic slurs over the radio."
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US hires over 2,000 video gamers as air traffic controllers
US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said that 94% of the hiring goal has been met, with the most ever employed in a single year.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My new investigation into a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT reveals numerous red flags—and some very disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before his attack on Florida State University www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 1x 🧵
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Inside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT
A year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/07/2026
A mother gave the government her fingerprints, tax records, and DNA to get her 6-year-old daughter back. She did everything officials asked. ICE used that information to find and arrest her. A child welfare system became a deportation tool. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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ICE Turned Family Reunification Into A Deportation List
A program created to place migrant children with relatives has become a pipeline for deportation arrests.
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Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“Roem is calling for a statewide moratorium on data centers, ending the data center sales tax exemption, and ’taxing the damn generators,‘ noting a data center diesel generator in Ashburn ran for 23 straight hours last week on the worst air quality day of the year.“ bristowbeat.com/stories/bren...
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Brentsville Residents Rally Against Aboveground Route for Nokesville 230k Transmission Line - Bristow Beat
The Civic Association of Brentsville & Surrounding Communities (CABSA) held a rally, Thursday,  at Patriot High School, protesting the Nokesville-Bristow 230kV transmission line.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/07/2026
Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models. n.pr/4vM0L1r
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Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement ruling
Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models.
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Amy Miller @amyailaw.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Academics are brutal, it’s so true
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Hal Singer @halsinger.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A bill in Massachusetts, H.99, would ban grocers from using biometric data collected on their premises to personalize prices. In my latest with Gavin Sicard, we make the economic case in support of a such a ban. The only winners from personalized pricing are the companies engaged in the practice.
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The Perils of Personalized Pricing - The Sling
As the federal government guts consumer protection, state legislatures are taking action to defend consumers’ wallets.
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 22/07/2026
Are AI recruitment algorithms more biased than human recruiters? Computer says yes! www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/20/1...
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AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring
AI doesn’t just learn stereotypes from its training. It can cook up new ones, too.
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 21/07/2026
Australia is planning some of the world’s toughest AI regulations. There will be restrictions on water and energy use. And AI companies won't be able to train on Australian creators' work without their permission.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
SCOOP: A little over a month ago, the Pentagon was bragging that half its workforce was using AI. Now the army is saying they’re burning through tokens and need to limit use. For @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-ar...
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The Army Is Burning Through Its AI Tokens
Members of the Army received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens, and needed to limit use.
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Politico @politico.com · 21/07/2026
Americans’ attitudes toward data centers have grown increasingly sour in the past six months, our new poll found. 41% of Americans would oppose a data center being built within three miles of where they live, up from 28% in the January survey. 🔗 politi.co/4pxJIyQ
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/07/2026
NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
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Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 17/07/2026
Activists damage the building foundations of data centre 🫡 > The group said that they threw water balloons filled with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, salt, and acrylic paint at the under-construction facility.
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Amsterdam activists throw acid at Microsoft datacenter project
Extinction Rebellion claims responsibility for chemical-filled balloon attack targeting concrete and steel
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 16/07/2026
DoorDash is opening a limited beta of dd-cli, a command-line tool that lets developers and AI agents search stores, build carts, and place orders from the terminal, marking another step toward software designed for AI agents instead of just humans.
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Yes, you can now order DoorDash from the command line | TechCrunch
DoorDash is opening a limited beta of dd-cli, a command-line tool that lets developers and AI agents search stores, build carts, and place orders from the terminal, marking another step toward software designed for AI agents instead of just humans.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
They wanted to build a warehouse that drinks half a town's water to cool its computers. A Florida county said no before they could even fill out the paperwork. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/they-burie...
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Amy Miller @amyailaw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What kind of country commits this kind of cruelty for cruelty’s sake? This is pure evil.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/07/2026
NEW: Months after FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.
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FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...
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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Amy Miller @amyailaw.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
It’s nausea inducing quite frankly
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A contractor building Meta's data center flushed its "closed-loop" cooling system straight into Cheyenne's sewer. It carried a bacterium and knocked the city's water-reuse system offline for months. They sell these as sealed systems that barely touch the water. This one poisoned a city's.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Oregon raises electricity rates by 29.7% for data centers and cuts residential electricity rates by 1.3%. www.opb.org/article/2026... #energysky
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Oregon approves PGE’s 29.7% rate hike for data centers under landmark law
The Oregon Public Utility Commission unanimously approved Portland General Electric’s rate hike for large energy users to take effect Wednesday. Residential rates will go down 1.3%.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
NEW: The ICE office that customarily probes employee misconduct is being refocused to investigate ICE critics, opening hundreds of "doxing and threat" cases and subpoenaing tech companies to unmask anonymous posters. Detention facility inspections, meanwhile, are plummeting. by @regret.bsky.social
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ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees.
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BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
From a 'closed loop' system. Lying fucks.
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Cheyenne BOPU traces rare bacteria discharge to Meta data center contractor
CHEYENNE — The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities has identified Goat Systems LLC, a contractor working on Meta’s in-progress data center campus in the High Plains Business Park, as the
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Meta got banned like a kid taking a shit in the public pool
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Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spread rar...
The city has revoked the Meta contractor's discharge privileges.
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