utopia Mystery land buyer in California turns out to be Silicon Valley investors, to build utopian community Rob Beschizza
design Florida issues new license plate design featuring symbol beloved by far-right fanatics (and it's not the American flag) David Pescovitz
guns New Hampshire State legislature votes on a bill to override all federal gun legislation Thom Dunn
free speech Scot sentenced to community service for tweeting "the only good Brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella buuuuurn" after famed soldier's death Rob Beschizza
surveillance 7 years later, US court of appeals rules that NSA program leaked by Snowden was illegal after all Thom Dunn
police brutality Seattle activists have established a 6-block autonomous zone around an abandoned police station Thom Dunn
Kids How facial recognition has turned summer camp into a dystopia for campers, parents, counsellors and photographers (but not facial recognition vendors) Cory Doctorow
politics NSA domestic surveillance debate returns to Congress with 'Ending Mass Collection of Americans' Phone Records Act' Xeni Jardin