security Facebook & Twitter ban pro-Trump network that reached 55 million accounts with AI-generated faces, Epoch Media Group and Falun Gong links identified Xeni Jardin
tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow
privacy Chinese law professor's social media denunciation of facial recognition in the Beijing subway system Cory Doctorow
china Muslim woman who escaped from a Chinese concentration camp describes gang-rapes, torture, forced medical experiments Cory Doctorow
china Chinese authorities are secretly installing their anti-Uyghur surveillance app on the phones of tourists to Xinjiang province Cory Doctorow
racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente
Business Amnesty will stage global protests over Google's spying, censoring Chinese search engine plan Cory Doctorow
politics Man shouts 'Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!' in Baltimore theater during 'Fiddler on the Roof' Xeni Jardin
wikileaks Julian Assange's demand for an English translator that speaks Australian causes everyone's eyes to roll so hard that it makes the earth bleed Seamus Bellamy
happy mutants The Most Perfect album: musical tributes to all 27 US Constitutional amendments Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Exit West: beautifully wrought novel about refugees, mobility and borders Cory Doctorow
trump Justin Trudeau's no-action tweet offering help to refugees harmed by Trump's #MuslimBan created chaos Cory Doctorow
antifa Richard Spencer says that antifa sucked all the fun out of college appearances, calls it quits Cory Doctorow