surveillance New York high school will use CCTV and facial recognition to enforce discipline Cory Doctorow
human rights A 1×1 tracking pixel was used as evidence of treason against 30,000 Turks, sent tens of thousands to jail Cory Doctorow
politics In America, "proximity and shared values" is all it takes to turn protesters into felons Cory Doctorow
surveillance Reputation Economy Dystopia: China's new "Citizen Scores" will rate every person in the country Cory Doctorow
law Cartoon Network "severs ties" with Rick and Morty co-creator over domestic violence case Rob Beschizza
facial recognition Madison Square Garden bans Girl Scout troop mom using facial recognition – Time for a CV Dazzle badge for Girl Scouts? Gareth Branwyn
boring weirdoes Watch: Idaho Lt. Gov. has difficulty explaining why she spoke at a white supremacist rally Mark Frauenfelder
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crime London cop jailed over Nazi gang membership, terror literature and "hand-drawn" child smut Rob Beschizza
News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin
Technology Damien Patton, CEO of tech surveillance company Banjo, once helped KKK shoot up a synagogue: Report Xeni Jardin
police Boston cops clocked 9,000 hours of overtime at the "Straight Pride" parade — and none of it with body cams Thom Dunn
corruption How the "Varsity Blues" admissions scam punished deserving, hard working kids so that mediocre kids of the super-rich could prosper Cory Doctorow