Amazon's recent "upgrade" for its modified version of Android was really a downgrade — it removed the data encryption feature from tablets.

Amazon backed off from this change after it attracted widespread criticism.

This change was in Linux, which is the kernel used in Android (as well as in the GNU/Linux system).

Amazon tries to prevent users from installing their own modified versions of Linux, by making the (nonfree) bootloader check for Amazon's signature on the kernel it loads. Users have so far been able to defeat that attack, but they should not have to. If Linux had advanced to GNU General Public License version 3, Amazon would not be allowed to do this.

China has imposed very strict censorship about sexual relationships in TV shows.

This is what theocratic Christians aim to impose in the US.

The FBI boasted of convicting a group accused of trafficking a minor, but it appears the supposed victim was neither a minor nor trafficked, and that the alleged crimes did not happen.

Japanese women pay thousands of dollars to be photographed in a wedding dress.

I don't criticize fantasies, though the fantasy of a perfect wedding has never appealed to me, But surely you can enjoy your fantasy without getting ripped off.

Tracking some British families from 200 years ago found little social mobility: the descendants of then petty criminals are working-class and the descendants of the wealthy are still well off.