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Unmonitored Russia communications

mardi 30 mai 2017 à 02:00

Leaks about surveillance of the Russian ambassador say Kushner the troll-in-law discussed with him how to set up unmonitored communications with Russia.

East Timor press freedom

mardi 30 mai 2017 à 02:00

A journalist in East Timor faces imprisonment for mentioning the wrong company in an article. The newspaper has already published a correction.

The injustice starts with the existence of a law making "defamation" a crime. Prosecution for "defamation" is a tool for repression.

Proposed coal mine

mardi 30 mai 2017 à 02:00

The battle to stop a proposed giant coal mine has given the environmental movement in Australia a clear way to focus attention on global heating and the threat to the Great Barrier Reef.

Comcastroturf

mardi 30 mai 2017 à 02:00

Comcast has decided not to sue the site comcastroturf, at least not for the moment.

That's because the suit would be frivolous and Comcast knows it.

Comcast's excuse, supposing it is the truth, is really no excuse.

Many companies hire trademark lawyers that regularly try to intimidate anyone that uses the company's trademarks in discourse, without asking themselves crucial questions such as "Is their use fair use" and "would demanding they stop constitute bullying?" Such trademark lawyers are, in effect, acting like robots even though they are human beings.

The company that chooses to employ such robot-imitators to bully people indiscriminately is morally responsible for the mistreatment involved.

Fossil fuel subsidies

mardi 30 mai 2017 à 02:00

The US subsidizes fossil fuel companies an effective 7 billion dollars a year for their use of public lands.