Copyfight Raising legal funds to defend an online sf shared world that's been stolen by a Russian trademark troll Cory Doctorow
algorithmic bureaucracy Getting deplatformed from Apple. “Your account has been permanently disabled. There is nothing else you can do, there is no escalation path.” Mark Frauenfelder
elections Europe's surging, far-right, "anti-establishment" parties: funded by billionaires, voting for billionaire-friendly policies, lining their own pockets Cory Doctorow
Technology Facebook says it never sells your data but these internal documents show exactly how much they value your data in dollars Xeni Jardin
Copyfight Beto O'Rourke was in the Cult of the Dead Cow and his t-files are still online Cory Doctorow
gop White supremacy, minus gerrymandering: California GOP reduced to "third party status" Cory Doctorow
corruption The growth of Jamaican phone-scamming caused a crime-wave and martial law in Montego Bay Cory Doctorow
security Dropbox has some genuinely great security reporting guidelines, but reserves the right to jail you if you disagree Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Morgan Stanley, with a long rapsheet for corporate crimes, says Jeremy Corbyn holding them to account would hurt them worse than the worst Brexit Cory Doctorow
law Religious fanatics go to the Supreme Court for the First Amendment right to trick women into bearing unwanted children Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism "Court guardians" kidnap old people, sell all their stuff, doom victims to pharmaceutical oblivion in institutions Cory Doctorow
Business Mafia money-launderer listed his profession as "fraudster" with UK companies register Cory Doctorow
privacy India's controversial national ID scheme leaks fraud-friendly data for 130,000,000 people Cory Doctorow
unfortunate events $12,000-a-ticket luxury Fyre Festival in Bahamas descends into a Lord of the Flies dystopia Mark Frauenfelder