Proposed US laws would limit how Facebook collects and uses personal data, but just a little.

I conjecture that the reason these laws don't doesn't go far enough is that they were written based on the unstated premise that we cannot greatly reduce the profits of Facebook and other surveillance companies.

In my view, ending massive data-collection must take priority over their profits. It would be no loss to society if we drove them out of business as a side effect of protecting ourselves from them. Indeed, by refusing to give Facebook any data, I am taking a personal step to that end. I set up my page about Facebook hoping to convince you to join me.

We should not limit ourselves to acting individually.

Decrying 'Dog-Eat-Dog System,' #PoorPeoplesCampaign Kicks Off 40 Days of 'Moral Action'.

Focus groups give powerless non-elite people a feeling of participation in decision-making — for minor marketing decisions only.

This feeling of participation is meant to substitute for real participation in important decisions.

Hong Kong has reduced the sentences for some protest leaders, "this time only".

I suppose this is a plan to avoid creating martyrs while still repressing future protests. It doesn't reduce the injustice of criminalizing dissent.

Edinburgh University Divests from All Fossil Fuels.