US deportation agents didn't obey Obama's orders to focus on the unauthorized immigrants that had committed serious crimes. In California, nearly half of those deported in the 9 months after that order had no criminal record.

Agents particularly picked on immigrants whose children were US citizens, which suggests that the agents were motivated by sadism or cruelty.

The Liberal Democrats in the UK have made massive surveillance a campaign issue.

I wish Labour would do that too.

The copyright industry repeatedly violates copyrights in its campaigns to make copyright law more repressive.

The troll has emboldened white supremacists in the US; they are becoming a real danger, just as the KKK was.

Tory changes in voter registration have greatly reduced the number of newly eligible voters that are registered.