immigration Civil rights lawyers have one simple piece of advice for border stops: Keep your mouth shut Ellsworth Toohey

Georgia's clampdown on criticism — journalists and activists face punishment for social media posts Ellsworth Toohey

politics AI says America going full dystopia, suggests starting Hunger Games training now Ellsworth Toohey

News FCC threatens to disconnect 2,400 phone companies enabling illegal robocalls Ellsworth Toohey

law Kansas cops love confiscating cash and property. A new law forces them to declare what they take. Rob Beschizza

fbi 95% of FBI agents aren't trained on facial recognition tech but still use it anyway Thom Dunn

insurrection January 6th panel's data requests hampered by encryption Jason Weisberger

bad cops Trump's worst pardon so far is for the cop who sicced her police dog on a handcuffed man after he surrendered Mark Frauenfelder

surveillance French government proposes new ban on filming and photographing police Thom Dunn

police Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department Thom Dunn

fbi The FBI doesn't need Apple to give it a backdoor to encryption, because it already has all the access it needs Thom Dunn

burning man The BLM's Burning Man environmental impact statement is terrible, calls for drug searches, dumpsters, and a 19,000,000lb concrete wall Cory Doctorow

eff EFF just sent this letter to every official negotiating the EU's Copyright Directive Cory Doctorow

trumpism 200 Trump inauguration protesters face 70 years in prison each over 6 broken windows Cory Doctorow

privacy How Kenyan spies and cops use electronic surveillance for illegal murder and torture squads Cory Doctorow

privacy Social media surveillance software used by cops faces backlash Andrea James

eff Your cyberpunk games are dangerous Jon Peterson

review Better Call Saul explores survival instinct in "Nacho" K.M. McFarland