politics Obama is suddenly interested in limiting the sweeping presidential powers he spent 8 years expanding Cory Doctorow
politics Trump calls Voice of America's work “disgusting”, threatens to adjourn Congress so he can put a crony in charge of VOA Xeni Jardin
privacy Spying on everyone to combat COVID-19 will further erode civil liberties just like 9/11, privacy advocates warn Xeni Jardin
politics UK to empower media regulator Ofcom to regulate internet, remove 'harmful' content Xeni Jardin
it can and probably will happen here Kurt Eichenwald's Twitter thread about how Trump could cancel the election is keeping people up at night Mark Frauenfelder
trumpism Grifty conservative PACs raised millions pushing racist Obama conspiracies to elderly, low-income supporters, then kept almost all of it Cory Doctorow
Business Native American tribes need better internet access. This one weird spectrum might do the trick. Xeni Jardin
privacy Canadian Civil Liberties Association sues Toronto, Ontario, and Canada over the plan for a Google Sidewalk Labs "smart city" in Toronto Cory Doctorow
google Larry Page approved $150M stock grant to Andy Rubin despite sex abuse allegations & without board's OK, lawsuit claims Xeni Jardin
homelessness New Orleans reduced homelessness by 90% (and saved a fortune) by giving homeless people homes Cory Doctorow
Business Not customers: doctors have patients, libraries have patrons, lawyers have clients and teachers have students Cory Doctorow
picks Google, Amazon, Twitter, other Big Tech to Congress: New California data privacy rules too tough Xeni Jardin
