billionaires Inside the world of tutoring for the ultra-wealthy Mark Frauenfelder

television Gardening legend Alan Titchmarsh is a hit on North Korean TV, but not his jeans Rob Beschizza

authoritarianism After police raid Kansas newspaper, its co-owner "collapsed and died" Carla Sinclair

TikTok admits secretly banning the word "gay" and similar terms in Russia, elsewhere Rob Beschizza

politics Trump wants US drug laws to be more like China, where dealers are executed Xeni Jardin

eff ICANN needs to ask more questions about the sale of .ORG Mitch Stoltz

elections After Istanbul voters rejected Turkish strongman Erdogan, he made them vote again — and lost by the biggest landslide in 35 years Cory Doctorow

uk The Chinafication of the internet continues as the UK proposes blocking any service that hosts "illegal" or "harmful" material Cory Doctorow

Business McKinsey, the standard-bearer for autocrats, looters and torturers Cory Doctorow

facebook John Oliver on Facebook's role in fomenting genocide, pogroms and authoritarianism.: "a toilet" Cory Doctorow

censorship Wickr announces a firewall-circumventing tool to help beat national censorship regimes Cory Doctorow

web theory Authoritarians used to be scared of social media, now they rule it Cory Doctorow

censorship People are stashing irrevocable child porn links, dox, copyright infringement, and leaked state secrets in the blockchain Cory Doctorow

floss The brilliant life and brutal death of Bassel Khartabil, killed by Assad for writing free software Cory Doctorow

human rights RIP, Bassel Khartabil, Syrian free culture activist executed by the Assad regime Cory Doctorow

corruption Ethiopia shuts down national internet "to prevent exam cheating" Cory Doctorow

twitter How to keep your secret activist Twitter account a secret Cory Doctorow

fake news How the Chinese government fabricates social media posts for strategic distraction Mark Frauenfelder

politics Left-wing activists across the former USSR launch "September," to rally opposition to far-right movements Cory Doctorow

surveillance China's online astroturf is mostly produced by government workers as "extra duty" Cory Doctorow