surveillance The New York Times's chilling multimedia package on China's use of "smart city" tech to create an open-air prison Cory Doctorow

trumpism Border family separation isn't "zero tolerance" – CBP looked for parents to charge so they could kidnap kids Cory Doctorow

video Watch this epic takedown of movie plots featuring abduction as romance Andrea James

russia What is going on in this video of a Russian freeway incident? Mark Frauenfelder

kidnapping “I'm sorry, I‘m a coward. I didn’t want to die.” Patty Hearst interview, animated Mark Frauenfelder

television The time a man held a news anchor hostage on live TV David Pescovitz

tabloids Meghan runs off with Princess Diana’s jewels, Prince Andrew caught fleeing, and Ron Jeremy’s wood, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

monopolies Ticketmaster gets $500 million from Mohammad bin Salman Mark Frauenfelder

cops Cop arrested on felony warrant has uniform cut off with scissors Rob Beschizza

tabloids Bigfoot sighted, the Queen’s $1 trillion tax bill, and coronavirus targets the stars, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

crime Freed sex offender hopes to blend in Rob Beschizza

machine learning Networked authoritarianism may contain the seeds of its own undoing Cory Doctorow

native americans A Canadian podcast reveals everything wrong with the Trump administration's migrant baby adoption policy Thom Dunn

crime Girl kidnapped on street out of mother's arms, then rescued in dramatic hotel raid Rob Beschizza

Business Before you ask your Chinese factory for a discount, make sure you won't be kidnapped and/or have your product cloned Cory Doctorow

crime Video of kidnapping attempt badly backfiring on perpetrators Mark Frauenfelder

politics Mayor accused of failing to fullfil road maintenance promises is dragged through the streets by angry voters Cory Doctorow