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Nov 24, 2025 | 3:14 pm

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GAO: Workers’ Digital Surveillance Safeguards Are Disappearing

Nov 24, 2025 | 3:14 pm

Since entering office in January, the Trump administration has begun rolling back federal agency actions meant to protect workers from harmful digital surveillance, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found. […]

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