Google has abolished the "real name" requirement for Google account.

This might mean that Google+ is acceptable to use. But I am not certain, because I don't know the answer to two follow-on questions:

• What other personal data must one supply to make an account, and do they amount to identification of the user? Is it possible to make a Google account named "Rumplestiltskin358", contacting the server through Tor, and not enable Google to identify you?
• Does that require running nonfree Javascript code.

India's censorship law is being used to persecute a critic of Modi.

Ukrainian rebels have not protected the jetliner's crash site from looting or disturbance of evidence.

I regard this as proof of guilt.

Demonstrating the effectiveness of state manipulation of the media, most Russians believe the downing of the Malaysian jet was a plot against Russia.

This is comparable to the global heating denial campaign which has convinced so many Americans to support political fantasy.

Israeli attacks killed 100 Palestinians in one day, many of them civilians.

This included shelling a hospital.

Israel's tactics guarantee lots of civilian casualties. One must question whether defense against attacks that might kill a few civilians justifies a response that kills hundreds of civilians.

The UK is saving emails of lots of people, without warrants, in case it might be interested in them in the future.

The R.I.P. act (for Rip Internet Privacy) was an injustice even with its previous interpretation. The UK must repeal it.