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SALEM, Mass. –Today, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) invited residents of the 6th Congressional District to nominate the people in their lives who best exemplify the qualities of integrity, compassion, and commitment to community, which were the foundational principles of Rev. Peter J. Gomes’ teachings.
Facebook has become the latest company to admit that human contractors listened to recordings of users without their knowledge, a practice the company now says has been “paused”.
Citing contractors who worked on the project, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday that the company hired people to listen to audio conversations carried out on Facebook Messenger.
Right whales are among the most fascinating and beloved creatures on earth. In adulthood, they can be bigger than a bus, 50 feet long and nearly 70 tons, with enormous heads that measure up to one-third of their length. They use their massive baleen “teeth” to strain plankton and other tiny morsels of food from the ocean. During summer months, they are sometimes seen off Cape Cod and Rhode Island.
AMESBURY — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton got a quick lesson in stealth technology Tuesday when he toured ARC Technologies on South Hunt Road.
The Salem Democrat, a former officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, serves on the House Armed Services Committee and toured the ARC Technologies and Raytheon manufacturing facilities in Amesbury and Andover, respectively, Tuesday.
“One of the things I learned in the Marines is that you have always got to know what is going on on the ground,” Moulton said.
The forklifts didn't stop for U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton on Tuesday afternoon when the congressman visited a Gloucester lobster wholesaler to talk about the challenges facing the Massachusetts lobster industry. But that didn't seem to deter the congressman.
BOSTON — Advocates and legislators gathered Monday to discuss the threats facing North Atlantic right whales and to call for more conservation efforts.
Rep. Dylan Fernandes and Sen. Julian Cyr hosted a briefing on efforts to protect the right whale with "Calvin," a life-size 42-foot long inflatable right whale. Right whales are one of the most endangered whale species, with only an estimated 411 whales remaining, according to the New England Aquarium, and most right whale deaths are caused by fishing gear entanglements and vessel strikes.
Automatic Listening Exploitation Act would create recourse for consumers when smart speakers and doorbells make recordings in violation of the technology’s user agreements
The "Hot Cars Act" would install detectors inside cars in case a child sneaks into an unlocked car, or an adult driver forgets they have a child in the backseat.
The “Park It Act” would stop cars with keyless entry systems from constantly running in an attempt to stop carbon monoxide poisoning deaths in homes.
Susan Livington’s parents, James and Sherry, died this May when they didn't realize their keyless entry car remained running in their garage.
They both died of carbon monoxide poisoning in their beds.