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Facebook Details Plan to Marginalize Fake News
On December 18th, 2016 with 48 comments
takyon writes:Facebook has detailed its plan to deal with fake news appearing...
South Carolina to Debate Pre-Installed Porn Filter on New Computers
On December 20th, 2016 with 44 comments
takyon writes:...
Professor Watchlist
On December 20th, 2016 with 209 comments
aristarchus writes:The latest manifestation of the conservative targetting of...
EU Rules Against UK "Snooper's Charter" Data Retention
On December 23rd, 2016 with 14 comments
takyon writes:The European Court of Justice has issued a major...
California Attorney General Pursues New Charges Against Backpage CEO
On December 26th, 2016 with 24 comments
takyon writes:California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who will be resigning...
Research Libraries Announce Boycott of Elsevier Journals Over Open Access
On December 27th, 2016 with 31 comments
An Anonymous Coward writes:Germany's DEAL project (in German), which includes...
How News Sites' Online Comments Help Fuel Hatred
On December 28th, 2016 with 89 comments
Phoenix666 writes:Critics may accuse President-elect Donald J. Trump and his...
The CIA and Top Chef
On December 29th, 2016 with 14 comments
n1 writes: Tom Secker of SpyCulture.com on the CIA and Top Chef The CIA...
The Farmer Who Built Her Own Broadband
On December 29th, 2016 with 21 comments
DutchUncle writes:"I'm just a farmer's wife," says Christine Conder, modestly....
Privacy Groups Complain to FTC Over Google's 'Deceptive' Policy Change
On December 30th, 2016 with 21 comments
Arthur T Knackerbracket writes: Privacy groups have complained to the Federal...
Police Seek Amazon Echo Data in Murder Case
On December 29th, 2016 with 21 comments
Several SoylentNews readers have submitted this story: Amazon Echo is a...
Here’s What a “Digital Miranda Warning” Might Look Like
On January 1st, 2017 with 22 comments
Phoenix666 writes:In the half-century since the Miranda decision, a lot has...
Australia's Metadata Retention Laws May Soon Have Extra Customers
On January 6th, 2017 with 13 comments
multixrulz writes:George Brandis, Australia's Attorney General, is inviting...
With No Losses, "Free Ross" Regains Control of Hacked Accounts
On January 8th, 2017 with 7 comments
jdavidb writes:Last weekend it was reported that Hackers had seized control of...
FBI Let Alleged Pedo Walk Free Rather Than Explain How They Snared Him
On January 9th, 2017 with 49 comments
"exec" has found the following story:In a surprising and worrying move, the FBI...
Anti-Surveillance Clothing
On January 9th, 2017 with 21 comments
multixrulz writes:The use of facial recognition software for commercial...
A Potentially Fatal Blow Against Patent Trolls
On January 10th, 2017 with 18 comments
Fnord666 writes:For years, patent trolls have been the best evidence that pure...
See What Facebook Thinks Is in Your Photos
On January 10th, 2017 with 11 comments
An Anonymous Coward writes:Every time you upload a photo to Facebook, its...
No Pokémon Go or Other AR Games in China
On January 11th, 2017 with 26 comments
takyon writes:Chinese state censors won't be permitting Pokémon Go and other...
After Release of U.S. Senate Report, Backpage Shuts Down U.S. Adult Section
On January 12th, 2017 with 36 comments
takyon writes:Hours after the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on...
New Jersey State Legislature Considers Open Data Initiative
On January 12th, 2017 with 6 comments
Phoenix666 writes:The New Jersey State Legislature is considering an act to...
Cloudflare Has Been Secretly Fighting a National Security Letter for Years
On January 12th, 2017 with 16 comments
takyon writes:The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced that Cloudflare...
Cooperation Alleged Between Best Buy and the FBI
On January 14th, 2017 with 43 comments
butthurt writes:The OC Weekly reports on the case United States of America v....
Chelsea Manning Reportedly on Obama's Short List for Commutation; Assange Offers Himself in Trade
On January 14th, 2017 with 53 comments
takyon writes:It's no pardon, but it will do:President Obama has put Chelsea...
EU Parliament Considers "Electronic Personhood" for Robots
On January 16th, 2017 with 59 comments
takyon writes:Finally, a real "Digital Liberty" story for the mechanical among...
Obama Opens NSA's Vast Trove of Warrantless Data to the Entire Intelligence Community
On January 16th, 2017 with 101 comments
charon writes:If you thought government surveillance was bad already, it just...
Ajit Pai to Become New Head of the FCC
On January 21st, 2017 with 37 comments
takyon writes:Several news sites are reporting that
Donald Trump is looking to...
Facebook Censors Artist's Tattoos for Breast Cancer Survivors
On January 21st, 2017 with 30 comments
takyon writes:An obligatory moment of bad press for Facebook and its...
Lavabit Email Service to Relaunch
On January 22nd, 2017 with 12 comments
takyon writes:The email service that was shut down after the FBI demanded...
"Are [Linux users] lemmings collectively jumping off of the cliff of
reliable, well-engineered commercial software?"
(By Matt Welsh)
