Business Ofcom wants to give Britons the right to cancel their broadband when speed guarantees are broken Cory Doctorow
taxes Howto: file your taxes for free without getting defrauded into paying a big tax-prep firm Cory Doctorow
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
transparency Suppressed internal emails reveal that the IRS actively helped tax-prep giants suppress Free File Cory Doctorow
quack science Google to reject ads for many stem cell, cellular, and gene therapies as 'unproven or experimental medical techniques' Xeni Jardin
law The TRUE Fees Act: legislative proposal to force cable/ISP companies to advertise the true cost of their services, inclusive of surcharges Cory Doctorow
Business Comcast cranks up extra charges on cable bills, again, even for people who signed contracts promising a lower rate Cory Doctorow
mistakes Disturbing, uncloseable, emotionally manipulative advertising infests childrens' apps Rob Beschizza
late stage capitalism California tenants receive rent-hike threats that will only be rescinded if rent-control initiative fails Cory Doctorow
Business Here are the moats and walls Facebook has been building for years to defend against #DeleteFacebook Cory Doctorow
mobile South Korean law bans mobile crapware, network discrimination, deceptive native advertising, and anti-adblock Cory Doctorow
security Climate deniers beat Google and topped the page on searches for "climate change" Cory Doctorow
law Religious fanatics go to the Supreme Court for the First Amendment right to trick women into bearing unwanted children Cory Doctorow
Business Big Cable asks FCC to ban states' investigations into lies about broadband speed Cory Doctorow
corruption Forced-pregnancy scam that masqueraded as abortion clinics won't account for $1M in Pennsylvania tax-dollars Cory Doctorow
