Police State

At Least 70 Countries Have Engaged in Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds

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An office that Facebook set up in Dublin to monitor misuse of the platform. Oxford researchers said the company’s efforts were not enough to curb disinformation campaigns. Credit: Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times
Prison Recidivism: Causes and Possible Treatments

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Revealed: How Monsanto's 'intelligence center' targeted journalists and activists

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Monsanto ‘fusion center’ officials wrote lengthy reports about singer Neil Young’s anti-Monsanto advocacy. Photograph: Dan Steinberg/REX/Shutterstock
Alarm over voter purges as 17 million Americans removed from rolls in two years

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The disproportionate purging of voters has resulted in an estimated 1.1 million fewer voters between 2016 and 2018, the Brennan Center said. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA
Hong Kong Police Fire Rubber Bullets As Protests Turn Violent

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Return of the Poll Tax

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'Protesters as terrorists': growing number of states turn anti-pipeline activism into a crime

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Seven US states have passed laws that ratchet up the penalties for activists protesting. - Susie Cagle/The Guardian

Weekend of Resistance Becomes Moral Monday As St. Louis Protests Surge

About 500 protesters shouted slogans at riot police in St. Louis overnight into Monday morning near the climax of four days of street rallies and sit-ins over the two police shootings.

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Law Enforcement Scandal As Asset Seizures Fuel Police Spending

Police agencies have used hundreds of millions of dollars taken from Americans under federal civil forfeiture law to buy guns, armored cars and electronic surveillance gear – as well as luxury vehicles.

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17 Arrested In St. Louis During "Ferguson October" Protest

Sunday morning's arrests capped a long Saturday of dissent that began with at least several hundred people marching through downtown St. Louis to protest shootings and racial inequality.

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Tens of Thousands March in Mexico Demanding Action Over Missing Students

In Guerrero state, site of the disappearance of 43 students who protested against school reforms, 50,000 demonstrators took to the streets with some 7,000 blocking a highway to Acapulco.

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Twitter Sues U.S. Government Over Surveillance Disclosure Rules

The social media giant filed suit Tuesday against the Department of Justice and FBI, saying it's been "unconstitutionally restricted by statutes that prohibit and even criminalize" information disclosure.

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Republican Senator Challenges Treasury Over Bank of America’s No-Bid Prison Deal

Bailed-out bank has been paid at least $76 million to manage inmates’ accounts and oversee e-messaging and phone services inside the 121 facilities managed by the Bureau of Prisons.

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Classmates of Missing Mexico Students Vow "Radical Action"

Forty-three students were allegedly “disappeared” after a political protest two weeks ago in Guerrero state, and a nearby mass grave may link police to a drug gang that committed a massacre.

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