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National Stalking Awareness Month, Austin Hunger Strike
January is designated as National Stalking Awareness Month to highlight crimes affecting one in six American women. In Austin, Texas, activists have initiated a hunger strike outside City Hall to protest the continued fluoridation of the municipal water supply. The strike reached its third day as participants demand the city stop adding fluoride to drinking water.
National Stalking Awareness Month, Presidential Proclamation
Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the program from Amsterdam and Northern Silicon Valley. Dvorak highlights that January is National Stalking Awareness Month by presidential proclamation, which includes cyber stalking.
National Stalking Awareness Month and Presidential Proclamation
President Barack Obama signed a proclamation designating January 2011 as National Stalking Awareness Month, citing the prevalence of the crime since the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. The hosts review the formal language of the declaration, which calls on Americans to recognize signs of stalking and support survivors. The segment concludes with a critique of social media platforms like Facebook, suggesting their data collection practices mirror the behavior described in the anti-stalking initiative.
