Illinois recently passed an anti-bullying law that some school districts are interpreting as granting some disturbing powers, according to a story at Motherboard by Jason Koebler: School districts in Illinois are telling parents that a new law may require school officials to demand the social media passwords of students if they are suspected in cyberbullying cases or are … [Read more...] about Illinois Schools Hate Your Children’s Privacy
Of Experts and Explainers
The Volokh Conspiracy blog has finally made the move behind the Washington Post paywall, and that led to an interesting comment on Twitter by conspirator Orin Kerr about the change in audience from being an independent blog to being part of a major media outlet: I think we've gained some and lost some. I'm worried we lost the law nerds and gained general interest readers. As … [Read more...] about Of Experts and Explainers
McWhores!
At The Honest Courtesan, Maggie McNeill notes a human trafficking propaganda infographic by Haisam Hussein that includes this map, which shows sex trafficking hot spots:This pattern looked familiar... Watch what happens when I overlay the sex trafficking hotspots with another geographic data source. The overlay's not perfect, because the maps use different projections, … [Read more...] about McWhores!
Free Speech From a Friend of the Blog
Over at the Friendly Atheist, Terry Firma has some harsh words about media outlets that congratulate themselves for standing up for free speech but refuse to publish images of the controversial Charlie Hebdo cover even in stories specifically about it. … [Read more...] about Free Speech From a Friend of the Blog
To Publish or Not To Publish
Rick Horowitz has an interesting post about his decision not to display any Charlie Hebdo cartoons in his post about the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Er, in other words, his post about the Charlie Hebdo massacre consisted of an explanation of why he wasn't posting Charlie Hebdo cartoons in his post about the Charlie Hebdo massacre. (Did you follow that? It was all very … [Read more...] about To Publish or Not To Publish