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law Identity theft's newest target: your face Albert Fox Cahn

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law California Supreme Court backs expanding access to police misconduct cases Xeni Jardin

happy mutants William Gibson, danah boyd and Oakland Privacy will all receive this year's EFF's Pioneer Award Cory Doctorow

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censorship French officials call Project Gutenberg archive, 15 million ebooks, Grateful Dead recordings and Prelinger Archive "terrorism," demands removal from Internet Archive Cory Doctorow

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Business Shutdown creates uncertainty over Uber and Lyft IPO timing Xeni Jardin

Zuckerberg is a crappy brand Zuckerberg San Francisco General attempts to excuse price gouging Jason Weisberger

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