The troll admitted in court that he made a practice of telling journalists — falsely — that he was taping their interviews, and said it was to "intimidate" them.

I don't think it is wrong for the interviewee to tape an interview. After all, journalists generally do so. If you worry about being misrepresented, taping the interview is an effective precaution. I don't see why this should intimidate, but that's how the troll saw it.

Facebook's app listens all the time, to snoop on what people are listening to or watching. In addition, it may be recognizing their conversations.

Records show girl begged for her life as officers dehydrated her to death.

It's standard practice for US prisons to find excuses to deny prisoners medical care, then lie about it when that results (as it sometimes does) in death or permanent injury.

EU citizens: The European Parliament is considering a directive that could attack computer users' freedom in several ways. Please call your MEPs!

Several European countries want to force companies to censor the public. Fearing huge fines, they will censor in the strictest way they can imagine.