Naturally, authorities turn to censorship systems that would justify total surveillance and strike fear into people. But there are other ways to teach young men that women generally don't enjoy force or violence.

Here's an idea: sell cute signs with slogans such as, "I don't like being slapped, spit on, gagged or choked. How about asking what I do like?" Women could put those up in their bedrooms, to be seen by their male lovers. For men who have been taught wrong, and were never informed it was wrong, one occasion could set them straight.

The US border thugs proposed to require face recognition on citizens entering and leaving the US, but backed down in the face of hostility.

When I left the US on my last trip, Delta airlines offered me the "convenience" of face recognition instead of scanning my boarding pass. I could have quietly said "I opt out of face recognition", but I wanted to have a bigger effect, so I held my computer bag in front of my face and said in a loud voice something like, "Don't do face recognition on me!"

To make democracy safe, we need to fight against all systems that do face recognition (outside of very narrow contexts), and indeed nearly all systems that can collect data about people's movements and activities.

Years too late, the Federal Trade Commission has ruled that Cambridge Analytica may not claim to properly protect users' privacy.

Even if this ruling had come soon, its effect would have been so narrow that it might have changed little.

The Democrats in the House of Representatives have passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Republicans in the Senate refuse to allow a vote on it, so what this serves is to provide an opportunity for political pressure on them for refusing to hold the vote.

In substance, the federal approval requirement is a good one. Any changes in voting rules that discriminate against nonwhites are unjust. However, I don't think any group should be singled out for less protection. Changes in voting rules that systematically tend to disenfranchise any demographic group should be stopped.

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