coronavirus County sheriffs claim that prisoners sleeping head-to-toe count as being "six feet apart" for coronavirus safety Thom Dunn
politics Coronavirus bill clears Congress, $2 trillion CARES Act (H.R. 748) heads to Trump for signature Xeni Jardin
tabloids Bigfoot sighted, the Queen’s $1 trillion tax bill, and coronavirus targets the stars, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn
google Oops: Some 'Google Photos' videos in 'Google Takeout' backups were exported to strangers last November Xeni Jardin
fbi The FBI doesn't need Apple to give it a backdoor to encryption, because it already has all the access it needs Thom Dunn
corruption Doctors who take pharma industry freebies prescribe more of their benefactors' drugs Cory Doctorow
authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow
Business Mint: late-stage adversarial interoperability demonstrates what we had (and what we lost) Cory Doctorow
uk Opendemocracy: the Libdems tried to censor our article about their sale of voter data, then used a forged email to intimidate us Cory Doctorow
Business A sweeping new tech bill from Silicon Valley Democrats promises privacy, interoperability, and protection from algorithmic discrimination and manipulation Cory Doctorow
law Lawyer's long, weird sigfile setting out when and whether he's willing to talk on the phone goes viral Cory Doctorow
Kids Quiet Rooms: Illinois schools lead the nation in imprisoning very young, disabled children in isolation chambers Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Minnesota Public Radio sent us one of the weirdest legal threats we've ever received (and they won't explain it) Cory Doctorow
