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How 2020 Democratic Candidates Would Regulate Facial Recognition (Rani Molla and Emily Stewart, Vox)
The candidates agree that more legislation is necessary to combat the dangers of widespread facial recognition.

The Overlooked Illegal Immigrants: From India, China, Brazil(Miriam Jordan, New York Times)
President Trump has focused on blocking unauthorized crossings on the Southern border. But nearly half of those who are in the country unlawfully actually entered with permission.

Balancing Academic Freedom and Intelligence Security (Alice de Jonge, University World News)
On 14 November 2019 Australia’s Minister for Education Dan Tehan released Guidelines to Counter Foreign Interference in the Australian University Sector. The guidelines were developed by the government’s University Foreign Interference Taskforce and form part of Australia’s Counter Foreign Interference or CFI Strategy.

Russian-Owned Company Attempted Cyberattack on Ohio’s Election Site on Voting Day (Nathan Francis, Inquisitir)
A Russian-owned company attempted what was described as a clumsy cyberattack on the state of Ohio’s election website on voting day, a top state official has revealed.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced this week that the unnamed company tried to carry out a “relatively unsophisticated” attack on November 5, the same day that people across the state were taking to the polls. As The Associated Press reported, the attack originated in Panama but was traced back to the Russian company.

New Energy Secretary: Trump Has Directed Agency to Find ‘Different Ways to Utilize Coal’ (Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill)
Acting Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said this week he has received a directive from President Trump to boost the struggling coal industry.
“What the president has directed us to do is to look for different ways to utilize coal,” Brouillette told the Washington Examiner in an interview Monday alongside now former Secretary Rick Perry.
The Senate confirmed Brouillette in a 70-15 vote Monday night. He has yet to be sworn in.
Brouillette appears set to follow Perry’s path in looking for ways to bolster an industry that has been losing ground to renewables and natural gas.

The 25 Most Dangerous Software Vulnerabilities, According to DHS(Brian Barrett, Wired)
DMV privacy, a password ruling, and more of the week’s top security news.

Worker Who Raised Alarm Before Deadly New Orleans Hotel Collapse Deported (Marty Johnson, The Hill)
Delmer Joel Ramirez Palma, the construction worker who raised concerns before a deadly hotel collapse in New Orleans last month, was deported Friday to his native Honduras.
Palma is considered a “crucial witness” by Ava Dejoie, secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, The Washington Post reports. Earlier in the week, Dejoie wrote a letter to the Department of Homeland Security – which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement – asking for Palma to be released and his deportation stopped.
“His detention and pending deportation hamper the ongoing investigations,” she wrote in a letter to the director of ICE’s New Orleans field office that the Post obtained.
“If he is deported, the public may never know what key information is being deported with him. The investigations will undoubtedly suffer.”
Palma, 38, had reported safety issues to his supervisors multiple times before the Oct. 12 collapse of what was supposed to be a new Hard Rock Hotel. 

The Fight for ISIS’s Old Territory Is Just Beginning (Seth J. Frantzman, Foreign Policy)
A host of forces including Turkish and Iranian proxies to Russian troops and Syrian government forces are jockeying for control of the lands that once were held by the Islamic State.