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Speculative investment vehicles

dimanche 30 septembre 2018 à 02:00

The speculative investment vehicles that gave us the fiscal crisis of 2008 are banned, but banks are selling something quite similar.

Platform censorship

dimanche 30 septembre 2018 à 02:00

Platform Censorship: Lessons From the Copyright Wars. Basically, forcing web sites to censor "fake news", "terrorism" or "hatred" will censor a lot more than that.

As I read the article, the repeated use of "content" as a noun irritated me. I also grit my teeth when I see some publications referred to as "unlawful" when really they only infringe copyright, and by the verb "monetize".

I linked to the article despite that because its point is important.

I wish there were another article I could link to instead.

Google's censorship

dimanche 30 septembre 2018 à 02:00

Google is trying to fudge the wrong of censoring for China by denying that it's censorship.

Border thugs on Greyhound buses

dimanche 30 septembre 2018 à 02:00

ACLU: Greyhound continues to let US border thugs board a bus and demand to see passengers' id — and pretends that it has no choice.

UK anti-fracking activists stand firm

dimanche 30 septembre 2018 à 02:00

UK anti-fracking activists, jailed for nonviolently blocking fracking activities, stand firm and say that they will win the battle against fracking.