Disney World Fired Disney World manager accused of dangerous menu hacking revenge plot Ellsworth Toohey
felonies A teen and her mom face felony charges for abortion in Nebraska — and Facebook DMs helped with the arrest Carla Sinclair
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News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin
Technology U.S. charges Iranians with hacking aerospace and satellite technology firms for Islamic republic's Revolutionary Guard Xeni Jardin
law IRS says it bought in to location database for millions of US cellphones to track tax crime suspects Xeni Jardin
crime Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of 18 felonies after stealing $10M in digital currencies from Microsoft to make extravagant purchases Xeni Jardin
security After ransomware took Baltimore hostage, Maryland introduces legislation that bans disclosing the bugs ransomware exploits Cory Doctorow
corruption Brazil's authoritarians charge Glenn Greenwald with cybercrime for publishing leaks that revealed corruption at the highest levels Cory Doctorow
politics Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow
authoritarianism Political journalist Omoyele Sowore arrested and tortured under Nigeria's overbroad "cyberstalking" law Cindy Cohn
surveillance Hong Kong's #612strike protest movement: a million strong, leaderless, wireless and smart as hell Cory Doctorow
uk The Chinafication of the internet continues as the UK proposes blocking any service that hosts "illegal" or "harmful" material Cory Doctorow