comedy Famous comedians have turned to the same sleazy tactics as CEOs and politicians to protect their in-progress jokes Thom Dunn
transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn
fox news Gretchen Carlson to Fox: release employees from NDAs, 'buying silence instead of stopping harassment is immoral and unjust' Xeni Jardin
nsa US sues Edward Snowden, 'Permanent Record' violates NDAs 'signed with CIA & NSA' says Justice Department Xeni Jardin
Games Microsoft contractors listened to Xbox audio recordings of children in their homes, to improve voice command Xeni Jardin
inequality Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein: "In patriarchy, no one can hear you scream" Cory Doctorow
security EFF publishes an indispensable, plain-language guide to "cell-site simulators": the surveillance devices that track you via your phone Cory Doctorow
Business Insiders claim that Google's internet-fixing Jigsaw is a toxic vanity project for its founder, where women keep a secret post-crying touchup kit in the bathroom Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon stores recordings of Alexa interactions and turns them over to internal staff and outside contractors for review Cory Doctorow
corruption Public records requests reveal the elaborate shell-company secrecy that Google uses when seeking subsidies for data-centers Cory Doctorow
Business New York's corporate welfare for Amazon enrages the Koch Brothers, Bernie Sanders, Tucker Carlson, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, etc… Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Repair Day: How "contempt of business model" cheats you out of the use of your property Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon has been quietly selling its facial recognition system to US police forces, marketing it for bodycam use Cory Doctorow
nola Someone paid actors to support an energy company at public hearings in New Orleans Jason Weisberger
surveillance Oakland passes groundbreaking municipal law requiring citizen oversight of local surveillance Cory Doctorow
Business Modern NDAs are unbelievably dirty, and the same handful of sleazy lawyers is behind most of them Cory Doctorow
