Several executives of Backpage face unconstitutional prosecution in California because some of the adult ads that company publishes are, unknown to the company, for teenage prostitutes.

This case, if not dismissed, threatens our rights because it could force many platforms into intrusive censorship.

It also shows the danger of legal assumptions that twist the truth, such as "sex with someone under 18 is rape", "sex with a prostitute under 18 is enslavement", and "making a nude photo of someone under 18 is a sexual assault." In some cases, it is — but not always.

Feds: Only Those Committed to Destroying Planet Can Bid on Fossil Fuel Leases.

If Only We Could Vote for Peace Instead of a 'Commander-in-Chief'.

Note: the president of the United States is, ex officio, the Commander in Chief of the US armed forces — not of the United States itself, or of US citizens or inhabitants in general. The point of a free country is that no one can command you.

Facebook banned a video made by the Swedish Cancer Society about breast cancer because it showed cartoon figures with circles as breasts.

It got Facebook to accept the video by putting in squares for the breasts.

The real problem here is not that Facebook draws the line at the wrong place (though it does). It is that Facebook has so much influence that organizations such cancer charities feel obliged to publish through Facebook.

The UK gave advice to Bahraini thugs from the Special Investigations Unit about how to tell relatives of prisoners that were killed that the killers will not be prosecuted.

The Special Investigations Unit should perhaps be called the Phony Investigations Unit, since in practice its job is not to prosecute torturers.