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freedom of the press Report: Freedom of the Press in decline around the world Seamus Bellamy

uk A quick trip through the ghastly, racist, sexist, eugenicist, authoritarian things that Boris Johnson has said in recent years Cory Doctorow
algorithmic bureaucracy Facebook isn’t free speech, it’s "algorithmic amplification optimized for outrage" Mark Frauenfelder
class war To solve America's housing crisis, build public housing Cory Doctorow
class war China's 1 percenters are now worth as much as the GDP of the United Kingdom Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Free online course: how to write and read fake news Cory Doctorow
law Trump threatens to sue New York Times over new groping allegations Rob Beschizza
politics How Joseph McCarthy's trusted hitman Roy Cohn became Donald Trump’s mentor Xeni Jardin
copyright Stop the Music Charles Duan
class war How Seattle's economic boom is destroying the city Cory Doctorow
Computer code in the movies — and what it actually does Rob Beschizza
To do in SF: 'WikiLeaks v. the Fifth Estate,' a panel at Noisebridge hacker space on Fri., Oct. 11 Xeni Jardin
WikiLeaks movie 'The Fifth Estate,' with Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, opens Toronto Film Fest Xeni Jardin
books Gweek 061: Trust Me, I'm Lying Mark Frauenfelder
Action Violent suppression of protest at Toronto's G20 – CBC documentary Cory Doctorow
Urban "mole Man" ordered to stop tunneling through neighborhood Mark Frauenfelder
New tech tools for discriminatory pricing Xeni Jardin