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Thailand: Former PM Hopeful Gets Suspended Sentence

Man Behind Largest CIA Data Leak Sentenced to 40 Years

UK: EU Document Calling for Gender-Neutral Language Criticized

UK Department Recommends BBC Reforms Over Alleged Bias

AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem

The ConversationSep 30

Russia put a Meta employee on a wanted list after designating the company a 'terrorist and extremist' organization

Business InsiderAug 01

Lawmakers To Question Fired FEMA Supervisor Over Guidance To Skip Trump Supporters

Daily Wire2 days

Russia says it will block Instagram – TechCrunch

TechCrunchNov 30, 2022

Australia: Indigenous Senator Censured Over Royal Protest

Australia: Judge Rules Senator Violated Racial Discrimination Law

Brazil Lifts Ban on X

SCOTUS Rejects X's Appeal in Trump Data Case

Texas AG opens investigation into advertising group that Elon Musk sued for ‘boycotting’ X

TechCrunch6 days

Bluesky is ushering in a pick-your-own algorithm era of social media

New ScientistNov 20

[Peter Singer] A lesson from Trump’s campaign

Korea HeraldNov 19

Profiteers Are Exploiting US Election Conspiracies and Hate to Make Millions

Why changes to the block on Elon Musk’s X are driving users away

TechCrunchNov 08

Independent US Govt. Panel Calls for Secret Service Overhaul

Employees at Meta, OpenAI, Google Sign Letter in Support of California AI Bill

California Passes AI Regulation Bill

OpenAI Whistleblowers Allege NDAs Prevent Airing of Safety Concerns

Kash Patel Could Reportedly Get Key Trump FBI Or DOJ Role—Here’s Why Critics Are Worried

Trump's Director of National Intelligence Appointee Tulsi Gabbard Is on Terror Watchlist?

Lincare Made Billions While Repeatedly Defrauding Medicare. Feds Did Little To Rein It In.

ProPublicaNov 15

FEMA Director Denies, Denies, Denies

Trial of ex-FBI informant indicted for lying about Bidens delayed amid new tax evasion charges

Sutherland Springs Shooting Victims, DOJ Reach $144M Settlement

North Carolina Democrat Flips Parties, Gives Republicans Supermajority in State House

Spain Approves Teen Abortion, Menstrual Leave, and Trans Laws

Concerned about arguments at Thanksgiving? NPR readers give tips to help

NPR Online News14 hrs

No topic or opinion off limits at new Texas college – a place where students, professors won't get "canceled"

The Surgeon General Issues a Parenting Advisory

Psychology Today18 hrs

J.K. Rowling and Nancy Mace are right: Women deserve their own safe spaces | Opinion

Welcome to the Pride Parade

Korea HeraldSep 30

UATX launches, touting ideological openness, debate and— for now—free tuition

Navalny's Widow to Run for President in Post-Putin Russia

Jailed Cuban Dissident Leader Wins Annual Human Rights Award

Russian Warships to Arrive in Cuba Next Week

China: Imprisoned Citizen Journalist's Sentence Concludes

11_Imprisoned Belarus activist resurfaces after 20 months

Korea HeraldNov 15

British mother of Egyptian political prisoner to press Lammy to take action

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, in prison for speaking up against human rights violations, has been a voice for women for almost two decades

The Conversation21 hrs

‘Always on and watching’: A former Xinjiang prisoner describes life inside China’s detention camps – TechCrunch

TechCrunchNov 30, 2022

Britain Must Call for Release of British-Egyptian Activist and Coder Alaa Abd El Fattah

Electronic Frontier Foundation12 hrs