Data Scientist Arrested

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   Data Scientist Rebekah Jones, Facing Arrest, Turns Herself In To Florida Authorities

January 18, 202110:06 AM ET
BILL CHAPPELL
RACHEL TREISMAN

Updated at 11:45 a.m. ET

Rebekah Jones, the data scientist who helped create Florida's COVID-19 dashboard, has turned herself in to police, in response to an arrest warrant issued by the state.

Jones is charged with one count of "offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks and electronic devices," the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said in a statement Monday.

Jones has said she lost her job after refusing requests to manipulate data to suggest Florida was ready to ease coronavirus restrictions. Jones says she's being punished for continuing to speak out about how Gov. Ron DeSantis is handling COVID-19, citing her arrest and a raid on her home last month.

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	Data Scientist Rebekah Jones, Facing Arrest, Turns Herself In To Florida Authorities January 18, 202110:06 AM ET BILL CHAPPELL RACHEL TREISMAN Updated at 11:45 a.m. ET Rebekah Jones, the data scientist who helped create Florida's COVID-19 dashboard, has turned herself in to police, in response to an arrest warrant issued by the state. Jones is charged with one count of "offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks and electronic devices," the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said in a statement Monday. Jones has said she lost her job after refusing requests to manipulate data to suggest Florida was ready to ease coronavirus restrictions. Jones says she's being punished for continuing to speak out about how Gov. Ron DeSantis is handling COVID-19, citing her arrest and a raid on her home last month. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronav...rida-authoriti Comment: We live in a dark time.
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