Teacher sues over digital fingerprint requirement, and more
A kindergarten teacher is suing the Texas Education Agency, claiming that a new requirement that all teachers provide digital fingerprints violates her religious beliefs.
Teacher sues over digital fingerprint requirement
A kindergarten teacher is suing the Texas Education Agency, claiming that a new requirement that all teachers provide digital fingerprints violates her religious beliefs. Pam McLaurin, a teacher for 20 years, says she believes the digital fingerprints to be the satanic “Mark of the Beast” foretold in the Bible’s Book of Revelations. “She truly believes the repercussions for that fingerprint would be very serious,’’ her attorney said.
Blind man sues Sony over inaccessible video games
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A visually impaired man is suing the Sony Corporation for not making its video games accessible to blind people. Alexander Stern claims in his suit that the Americans With Disabilities Act entitles him to “full and equal enjoyment” of Sony’s products, but that the company has so far “constructed the products in a way that blind people cannot enjoy.’’
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