In Finland, a citizen's initiative proposes Snowden's Law, which would punish excessive surveillance on citizens as a crime, while protecting whistleblowers.

A German author calls on Germany to offer Snowden asylum because in the past it drove so many to seek asylum.

Pharma companies are using astroturf "patient groups" to campaign against a requirement to publish all the studies that test the effects of drugs.

This requirement would make it harder for pharma companies to misrepresent the effectiveness or safety of drugs.

Even if someone gives away a lot of his privacy, that doesn't excuse taking away the rest of it.

A lot of the "voluntary" giving away of privacy results from "services" that are designed to herd people into doing so. Even young people would maintain their privacy more if they were not systematically pressured to surrender it.

Obama is trying to confront the WTO's ruling against "dolphin-safe" tuna labels by making the criterion stricter, rather than by weakening it.

This is a good response to the specific problem, but it is a general problem and the general solution is to do away with the "free trade" treaties.

A protest by UK Uncut transformed HSBC banks into food banks.