corruption Chinese surveillance/tech giant Alibaba joins ALEC, will start co-authoring US legislation Cory Doctorow

the MAGA agenda Donald Trump promises to round up the news media in dramatic "final battle" ad (video) Carla Sinclair

fox news Fox News and Infowars rant against "climate extremists" and expose the "globalist agenda" to "force humanity to eat bugs" Jennifer Sandlin

politics Fox News: UK prime minister Boris Johnson resigned because he was a woke pro-Europe globalist Rob Beschizza

violence At least 11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting Rob Beschizza

tech Tech platforms quit Alex Jones and InfoWars Rob Beschizza

alt-right Linguistic data analysis of 3 billion Reddit comments produces a taxonomy of trolls Mark Frauenfelder

Medicine Show "Alex Jones' Infowars isn't a media empire — it's a snake-oil empire," says Select/All Mark Frauenfelder

politics Centrist Macron thrashes far-right Le Pen in French presidential election Rob Beschizza

uk UK top government official: human rights no longer a "top priority" Cory Doctorow