Barbie National Geographic and Mattel proudly present 'Photojournalist Barbie' Jason Weisberger

facebook In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society" Mark Frauenfelder

politics Facebook: Bloomberg campaign memes won't be classified as political ads Xeni Jardin

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin

politics Clearview AI founder linked to Trump world and Far-Right, NYPD denies facial recognition firm's boast that it helped catch terrorist suspect Xeni Jardin

politics FBI says it will notify state officials when local election systems are hacked Xeni Jardin

surveillance Multiple Amazon employees have been fired for spying on Ring owners' cameras Cory Doctorow

Business Canada legalized pot. Beer consumption there dropped. Xeni Jardin

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

Business TikTok owner ByteDance launches new deal with Chinese government Xeni Jardin

privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow

canada Canada's infrastructure was once cheap and effective to build. Now, it's a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the world's biggest businesses and investors Rosemary Frei

junk food Oh no, they made a Twinkies cereal Rusty Blazenhoff

Business Many Chinese manufacturers are behaving as though they have no future Cory Doctorow

News Facial recognition tools shared by 'Massive, secretive network of police departments' Xeni Jardin

Business Goodbye Libra, hello Facebook Pay Xeni Jardin

privacy Former Twitter employees charged with spying for Saudis Rob Beschizza

law 10,000 people are calling for Congress to investigate Amazon Ring Cory Doctorow

surveillance #NothingButDragnet: EFF calls on @Shaq to stop endorsing police partnerships with Amazon's creepy, surveilling Ring doorbells Cory Doctorow

facebook Politico: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg held secret meetings with conservative pundits and politicians Rob Beschizza