picks What Amazon's Jeff Bezos thinks about Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker Xeni Jardin

russia Russians who "like" social media posts sent to prison Mark Frauenfelder

korea Ghost holograms gather in Seoul to protest Korea's crackdown on free speech Xeni Jardin

transparency Freedom of the Press Foundation sues Justice Dept. for info on its push to block transparency reform Trevor Timm

black lives matter "Promissory Note" marries MLK's moving words with music and imagery Andrea James

facebook Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter Carla Sinclair

trump Here's what's in Trump's executive order against social media companies David Pescovitz

Innovation Listen: Inspiring commencement speech from Astro Teller, X's captain of moonshots David Pescovitz

censorship French companies will have one hour to remove content at police demand Rob Beschizza

Games Former Donkey Kong champion sues scorekeeping website for removing his records Rob Beschizza

hush hush Delta asks flight attendants not to tell each other if they test positive for coronavirus Carla Sinclair

colonialism Inside the effort to save an indigenous Pacific Island language that the US tried to destroy Thom Dunn

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

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Rhasspy: a free/open voice assistant toolkit that's fully offline Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Americans should definitely be worried about the EU's new copyright rules Cory Doctorow