One Year Later: Bezos’ WaPo Cheerleads for MAGA, Billionaires and AI
Things have only gotten worse at the paper since an editorial clampdown caused the biggest one-day wipeout of journalists in a generation.
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Ukraine Accuses Russian Prison Doctor of War Crimes Following OCCRP/Schemes Investigation
Following a joint OCCRP and Schemes investigation, Ukrainian authorities have issued formal notices of suspicion against a Russian prison medic and his enforcer, accusing them…
Building Our Future Together
In my first weeks as Executive Director of EFF, I’ve been reminded every day how consequential this moment is in determining what kind of future…
Automated Moderation Is Here to Stay—Accountability Must Keep Pace
This post is part 2 in a series about automated content moderation. Read the first post here.
When whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked a set of documents…
New cholera outbreak alert for Sudan’s war-weary communities
In war-torn Sudan, a deadly new cholera outbreak has already claimed more than 100 lives, heightening serious concerns for vulnerable communities including in besieged El-Obeid,…
South Sudan: UN acts ahead of drought to protect thousands
As drought risk intensifies in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state, a new UN-backed plan aims to protect thousands of people before the worst impacts take…
World News in Brief: UN spotlights education aid solution, Sri Lanka prison violence, humanitarian aid to Venezuela
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urged international lenders to expand debt-for-education swaps, warning in a Friday report that many developing countries are…
Research careers – pausing but not stopping for a flexible career
Research careers don’t leave much space for life outside the lab – but there are ways to enable a more flexible research career says Mat…
Weekly Roundup: July 10
Fifteen of our favorite films on law and political economy, Jeff Gordon proposes an anti-entrenchment industrial policy, M. Sandhu makes the case against legislative primacy,…
Pearson’s Anti-Piracy Vendor Takes Down Best-Selling Author’s Own GitHub Repo
Pearson’s anti-piracy vendor inadvertently used a DMCA notice to take down the official GitHub code repository of Pearson’s own best-selling author, Paul Deitel. The prominent…