Microsoft's "transparency centers" are a poor substitute for the freedom that you get with free software.

Since the article uses the term "FOSS", I should point at the explanation of why that isn't a good term to use.

On the ethics of publishing leaked data.

The most important point I see in this article is that the prohibition of "child pornography" puts you (i.e., anyone and everyone) at the mercy of whoever decides to send you some.

Laws prohibiting possession of something that has been published, or sent to you, are intolerable tyranny. It makes no difference what things they prohibit, or why.

A universal basic income would be quite affordable for the US.

Australia is planning to permanently exile people that are suspected of somehow supporting terrorism.

This will start with people who have another citizenship, but the government already envisions extending it to those who "could apply for" citizenship in another country. Then it could pay Nauru to grant citizenship to, and imprison, anyone at Australia's request.

We have come to regard exile as an unacceptable punishment, and we should not permit it again; but even if we were going to legitimize exile, we should not accept any form of punishment without trial.

Austerity Isn't 'Good Housekeeping': It's Dogmatic, Risky And Unjust.