Memo to the DOJ: Facial Recognition's Threat to Privacy is Worse Than Anyone Thought.

The EFF's proposed measures are only a good start. We need laws to prohibit systematic collection or recognition of people's faces, except in places where there is specific authorization such as a court order.

Other organizations call for an investigation too.

A study finds that the US carries out overt war against nondemocratic states but uses covert war against democratic ones.

As the Flint Water Crisis Fades From the Headlines, the State of Michigan Has an Enduring Responsibility to the City's School Children.

An exaggerated figure for deforestation in Haiti is often repeated. (The article uses the term "lie", but the argument is that it is erroneous, not that someone is intentionally lying about this.)

A UN special rapporteur warns that governments word-wide are "treating words as weapons", repressing journalism and dissent through laws that pretend to be aimed at "terrorism".