happy mutants From Tahrir to Trump: how the internet became the dictators' home turf Cory Doctorow

facebook Amnesty International: Google and Facebook spell trouble for human rights Seamus Bellamy

china Hong Kong protests: "Might as well go down fighting" Cory Doctorow

corruption The internet has become a "low-trust society" Cory Doctorow

youtube YouTube pushes children's videos to pedophiles through content recommendation engine Xeni Jardin

apple DRM and terms-of-service have ended true ownership, turning us into "tenants of our own devices" Cory Doctorow

big tech A successful no-platforming means we can talk about Alex Jones again Cory Doctorow

Business Facebook hired GOP oppo firm to smear protesters by linking them to George Soros, an anti-Semitic trope: NYT Xeni Jardin

vids Why Youtube's algorithms push extreme content on every possible subject Clive Thompson

books How can networked protest movements hold power while staying flexible and inclusive? Cory Doctorow

infosec The next iteration of Alexa is designed to watch you while you get dressed Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Romania's anti-corruption protests are massive, growing, and they're playful and serious at once Cory Doctorow

privacy The surveillance economy has 67 days to disarm before Trump is sworn in Cory Doctorow

wikileaks Wikileaks' dump of "Erdogan emails" turn out to be public mailing list archives Cory Doctorow

turkey Turkey: 6,000 arrested following coup, but that doesn't make it an inside job Cory Doctorow

picks Turkey: Military junta takes over CNN Turk studios, but broadcast continues and it's surreal Xeni Jardin

picks Turkey coup: military says it controls country Rob Beschizza