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education Man, 21, busted for posing as 14-year-old and enrolling in high school David Pescovitz

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facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder

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LGBTQ rights Miss Staten Island banned from St. Patrick's Day parade when she comes out as bisexual Mark Frauenfelder

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

music Private equity looters startled to be called out by name in Taylor Swift award-acceptance speech Cory Doctorow

privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow

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youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

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