News 'Black lives matter' —Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on state violence, voter suppression Xeni Jardin
facebook Facebook makes 'Boogaloo' groups advocating US civil war harder to find, after arrest of participants plotting violence Xeni Jardin
censorship Florida's COVID-19 'dashboard' official: I was removed for refusing to 'manually change data' Xeni Jardin
coronavirus Every country in the United Nations agreed to a global ceasefire during the pandemic — except the United States Thom Dunn
politics Healthcare providers facing criminal inquiries got coronavirus stimulus checks from Trump Xeni Jardin
Technology Zoom patches Windows vulnerability that let attackers steal your Windows login from dodgy chat links Xeni Jardin
politics UK to empower media regulator Ofcom to regulate internet, remove 'harmful' content Xeni Jardin
transparency The Catholic Church broke its promise to publish a list of "credibly accused" abuser priests, so Propublica did it for them Cory Doctorow
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 Citing the Panama Papers, Elizabeth Warren proposes sweeping anti-financial-secrecy rules Cory Doctorow
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
Technology Microsoft hires former AG Eric Holder to audit facial recognition tech used on West Bank Xeni Jardin
web theory Freedom House: Thanks to social media, internet freedom is down for the the ninth straight year Cory Doctorow
elections Two years ago, Juli Briskman was fired for flipping off the Trump motorcade; now she's been elected as a Virginia county supervisor Cory Doctorow
Business The first-ever mandatory California drug price report reveals Big Pharma's farcical price-gouging Cory Doctorow