tabloids A beheaded tot, isolated stars, and cure coronavirus with herbs, in last week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
race Police lobbyist: cops will not be motivated to stop crime unless they are allowed to steal people's stuff Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism AT&T stands to make $800,000,000 more by sneakily tripling a bullshit "administrative fee" Cory Doctorow
Business Four years later, we learn why Jamie Dimon's JP Morgan Chase settled US fraud allegations for $13B Cory Doctorow
archaeology Justice Department sues Hobby Lobby over thousands of looted Iraqi artifacts it bought Rob Beschizza
infosec Jacob Appelbaum, Tor developer and Wikileaks staffer, resigns amid sex abuse claims Cory Doctorow
crypto As FBI war on crypto intensifies, Facebook, Google, WhatsApp to intensify use of encryption Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Eleven years and counting: EFF scores a major victory in its NSA mass surveillance suit Cory Doctorow
Journalism Barrett Brown’s sentence is unjust, but it may become the norm for journalists Trevor Timm
surveillance Internal audit shows NSA often breaks privacy rules, made thousands of violations a year Xeni Jardin
In Wikileaks case, US court rules Twitter data is not protected, but government orders are Xeni Jardin