Public opposition convinced Kuwait to drop its plan to take DNA from all residents and visitors.

CETA faces legal challenges in Europe and in Canada.

Bahrain is holding as hostages the wife and child of an exiled dissident to punish him for criticizing the cruel and violent regime.

We're Not Helping Our Kids by Keeping the Deficit Down.

The EU's absurd proposed "link tax" — actually a fee for copying small snippets from articles — would apply to anyone who posts a small quotation, even individuals.

The whole idea is foolish, because Facebook is the big threat to publishing, not aggregators such as Google and Reddit.

The article unfortunately uses propaganda terms of the copyright industry such as "protection" and "intellectual creation". See https://gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html, and please don't fall into their trap.