Russia will block access to Facebook, Twitter and Google unless they register and keep all data on Russian users in Russia.

That policy would make the users safer (perhaps) from NSA spying but more vulnerable to spying by the ex-KGB. For people in Russia, the Russian state is much more of a threat than the American state, so this law oppresses them.

By contrast, the European Union has better data protection law than the US, so requiring European users' data to be kept in Europe is an improvement in their privacy.

However, that improvement will only fully take effect if the EU prevents the US from subpoena'ing user data that subsidiaries of US companies keep in Europe.

So [Tory Minister] Brooks Newmark Sent Some Explicit Pictures — Why Should He Resign?

I am glad to see prominent rejection of the absurdly exaggerated importance given to politician's private sex lives. The same foolish idea was the basis for impeaching President Clinton.

That Tory minister is not fit to be in office because he's on the plutocratic side. The same was true of Clinton. Their sex lives were none of our business and not relevant at all.

Racism in the US is more pervasive than even black Americans realize.

The FCC requires local thug departments to sign a nondisclosure agreement with the FBI, as an excuse to keep the use of cell phone snooping devices secret.

The text of the NDA itself is also secret. Nice of them to at least admit that the contract is an NDA.

Is it right or wrong for Australia to mine and export uranium?