police Think you have the right to demand police identify themselves? Look closer. Glenn Fleishman

surveillance What you need to know about police drone surveillance at protests against police brutality Thom Dunn

Business Amazon to be hit with antitrust charges in Europe Xeni Jardin

Business Ben & Jerry's on Black Lives Matter and the police killing of George Floyd: We Must Dismantle White Supremacy Xeni Jardin

politics Trump pushes false Obamagate conspiracy, abuses female reporters in White House press conference Xeni Jardin

Technology Clearview AI promises to cancel accounts that aren't law enforcement or government entities Xeni Jardin

surveillance What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge Thom Dunn

transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn

youtube Youtube's Content ID has become the tool of choice for grifty copyfraudsters who steal from artists Cory Doctorow

privacy Facial recognition isn't just bad because it invades privacy: it's because privacy invasions fuel discrimination Cory Doctorow

law Tiktok took less than a day to settle parents' lawsuit over spying on their kids Cory Doctorow

Confederate States of America Pinterest and The Knot pressured to stop romanticizing former slave plantations as "romantic" wedding venues Mark Frauenfelder

Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow

corruption Across America, DMVs make millions selling your license data to private eyes — and randos Cory Doctorow

china Massive leak of Chinese government documents reveal the "no mercy" plan for Muslims in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Podcast of Affordances: a new science fiction story that climbs the terrible technology adoption curve Cory Doctorow

music What's cooler than being cool? Hundreds of musicians protesting ICE and Amazon Thom Dunn

Copyfight "Affordances": a new science fiction story that climbs the terrible technology adoption curve Cory Doctorow

rip Rep. Elijah Cummings has passed away Jason Weisberger

snowden Edward Snowden on the global war on encryption: "This is our new battleground" Cory Doctorow