trumpism The CIA is psyopsing America to help torturer Gina Haspel get the job of CIA boss Cory Doctorow

politics Facebook removes Trump ally Roger Stone's accounts and pages Xeni Jardin

politics Twitter kills 32,242 propaganda accounts, Russia, China, Turkey 'state-linked information operations' Xeni Jardin

politics Why is Customs and Border Protection flying a Predator drone over Minneapolis? Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Coronavirus: These airlines are suspending flights Xeni Jardin

Business DOJ charges Huawei and CFO Meng Wanzhou with racketeering, conspiracy to steal IP Xeni Jardin

Business US Interior bans Chinese drones and UAVs with made-in-China parts over espionage concerns — with few exceptions Xeni Jardin

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

usausausa Elizabeth Warren's plan to denazify America Cory Doctorow

security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow

Disinfotainment Why is Twitter's takedown of accounts spreading disinformation from China such a big deal? Mark Frauenfelder

surveillance The ACLU made the Border Patrol reveal its terrifying legal theories Cory Doctorow

News FCC closed due to government shutdown, Ajit Pai won't be at CES Xeni Jardin

travel The shortest commercial flight in the world is less than one minute long David Pescovitz

privacy NSA report discloses that the agency tripled its surveillance of Americans in 2017 Cory Doctorow

politics Research report explains how adtech supercharges political deceit, allowing even bumblers to be master propagandists Cory Doctorow

security Here's everything that's wrong with America's insecure electronic voting machines, and what to do about it Cory Doctorow

Business Chinese government sources tell the WSJ they're about to shut down all domestic Bitcoin exchanges Cory Doctorow

privacy How Kenyan spies and cops use electronic surveillance for illegal murder and torture squads Cory Doctorow

police Customs officials refuse to allow passengers to debark a domestic flight unless they show ID Cory Doctorow