Some things that Biden could do to make US elections more fair even if Republicans still hold the Senate.

It is dangerous to allow Visa and Mastercard to decide what you can pay for.

Recall that they blocked donations to Wikileaks. They were forced to back down because European law regulates them strictly, since that field has so little competition.

The EFF article explains why sex web sites — especially exploitative ones like Pornhub — offer a perfect opportunity to establish new systems of repression, which afterward will endanger the rights of anyone and everyone.

An Australian music festival is asking musicians to sign a contract not to do anything that would criticize the fossil fuel company that sponsors it.

It would be better to cancel it than to turn it into an instrument of ecocide and genocide.

*Apple Suppressing Human Rights Critics* for China.

A special unit of thugs in the UK was investigated officially with a listening device. The thugs were found to be emitting racist, sexist and other kinds of hate in their private discussions, and it looks like they will be punished for this.

Planting a microphone is a legitimate way to investigate suspected official misconduct, when the recording authorized legally. What those thugs did is grave misconduct because the attitudes they taught each other that way will bias them in doing their job.