Copyfight The EU hired a company that had been lobbying for the Copyright Directive to make a (completely batshit) video to sell the Copyright Directive Cory Doctorow
politics Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker has taken a 2022 tax break for residents of Texas Jason Weisberger
prison labor Arizona makes millions selling imprisoned and unpaid laborers to companies Jennifer Sandlin
police Amazon admits police get Ring camera footage without owners' consent or a warrant Rob Beschizza
New Jersey town sues an outspoken 82-year-old woman for making around 2 public records requests a month Jason Weisberger
law A cop shot dead his 15-year-old son and the county is refusing to release the 911 call Rob Beschizza
haw haw haw The city of Fullerton had to pay $350,000 to two bloggers it had sued for "hacking" its Dropbox folder Mark Frauenfelder
forensics Texas police stop using hypnosis because it doesn't work and leads to false convictions David Pescovitz
racism Trump administration bans diversity training for federal workers, calling it "Anti-American" Thom Dunn
Business Texas AG probing Facebook over biometric data collection that may violate state law Xeni Jardin
nazis The Guardian has outed the true identity of the mysterious founder of the Base, a white nationalist terror group Cory Doctorow
trumpism Betsy DeVos quietly spends millions to promote the unpopular policies she hopes to enact as a federal official Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism NYC paid McKinsey $27.5m to reduce violence at Riker's, producing useless recommendations backed by junk evidence Cory Doctorow
authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow
law South Carolina's magistrate judges are a clown-car of corrupt cronies, but they get to put people in jail Cory Doctorow
corruption Across America, DMVs make millions selling your license data to private eyes — and randos Cory Doctorow
Kids Quiet Rooms: Illinois schools lead the nation in imprisoning very young, disabled children in isolation chambers Cory Doctorow
