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Interpol accused after Saudi Arabia arrests journalist over Muhammad tweet
Saudi Arabia is reported to have used Interpol's "red notice" system to locate and arrest journalist Hamza Kashgari, 23, (image at left) over tweets perceived as an insult to the Prophet Muhammad. The...
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Cancer quackery news: Stanislaw Burzynski threatens one of his own patients...
Anti-cancer-quackery blogger Robert Blaskiewicz has a blog post up that details how Houston-based "alternative cancer treatment" practitioner Stanislaw Burzynski (photo at left) whom many reasoned...
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Fact-checking Hillary Clinton's comments on Edward Snowden and the NSA
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to a group of supporters and students at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida February 26, 2014. REUTERS/Gaston De CardenasHillary...
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House approves 'media shield' amendment, as reporter reveals 2011 subpoena fight
The House of Representatives today voted 225-183 to approve an appropriations bill amendment that bars the Justice Department from forcing reporters to testify about their confidential sources. (more…)
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Freedom of the Press Foundation sues Justice Dept. for info on its push to...
Freedom of the Press Foundation has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Justice Department for all correspondence the agency has had with Congress over proposed FOIA reform...
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Ghost holograms gather in Seoul to protest Korea's crackdown on free speech
Protesters gathered in Seoul this week, the night before South Korean President Park Geun-hye's third anniversary in office, to condemn his administration's growing crackdown on free speech. But these...
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Russians who "like" social media posts sent to prison
Andrei Bubeyev, a 40-year-old electrician from Russia, was sent to prison for sharing a picture of a toothpaste tube with the words: "Squeeze Russia out of yourself!" with 12 friends. From ABC News: In...
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What Amazon's Jeff Bezos thinks about Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker
In this video from the Recode conference, an interesting reveal of what Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos thinks of the legal battle between Peter Thiel and Gawker, with Hulk Hogan as a most unfortunate...
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Georgia school principal suspended the student who posted video of crowded...
A whistleblowing student at a Georgia high school was suspended after he posted a video of fellow students crammed into a hallway between classes, many of them without masks. After he was suspended,...
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Tunisian cartoonist arrested, interrogated, and facing prison for satirical...
In the latest of case of Tunisia's attack on the media, popular Tunisian cartoonist Taoufik Omrane was arrested and interrogated because he had published satirical cartoons about the country's prime...
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Twitter's ex-integrity chief demolishes Elon in epic rant
Elon Musk purchased Twitter exactly two years ago today. To mark the anniversary, Eddie Perez, Twitter's former civic integrity director, announced that leaving Twitter for good — and in a 24-tweet...
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From keyboard to prison cell: The dangerous side of Wikipedia editing
Since 2012, five Wikipedia editors have been imprisoned – and one executed – for the crime of contributing to the world's largest online encyclopedia. In Saudi Arabia, editor Osama Khalid received a...
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