When officials spit on scientific knowledge and invite disaster, scientists must not limit themselves to developing more scientific knowledge for officials to ignore. They need to join in protests demanding officials heed science.

DMVs in States around the US are taking drivers' personal information and selling it to thousands of businesses.

Even worse, they are making the info available to other government agencies that persecute people for reasons unrelated to driving.

China announced it would limit face recognition in schools.

This is the practice that the new plan would restrict.

Bizarrely, this means China is ahead of the US on one aspect of anonymity protection.

An investigating hacker has cracked Moscow's internet voting system.

Voting over the internet is an absurd idea. In the case of Moscow, it hardly matters since those elections are rigged anyway.

Bangladesh has cut off phone service in Rohingya refugee camps.

Since India is getting away with doing this (and more) as part of its military occupation of Kashmir, other countries will soon conclude they can get away with doing similar things to other persecuted groups.