Deutsche Bank suggests 5% tax on home workers to support those impacted by the pandemic ~finance business Article 584 words 12 votes
Norwegian Air said it is facing a “very uncertain future” after the government of Norway refused to grant further financial assistance to the airline ~transport Article 451 words 6 votes
Oregon legalizes psilocybin mushrooms (for therapeutic purposes) and decriminalizes all drugs ~health.mental Article 672 words 32 votes
Polish government delays abortion ban after two weeks of protests across the country ~health Article 273 words 26 votes
Denmark forced to U-turn on meat ban for state canteens – initiative had been part of the government's aim to achieve a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 ~enviro Article 609 words 6 votes
Facebook is updating their hate speech policy to prohibit and remove Holocaust Denial content ~tech facebook social media Article 365 words 16 votes
Sweden has the highest proportion of drug-related deaths in the European Union, with eighty-one cases per one million citizens – nearly four times higher than the EU average ~health Link 11 votes
EARN IT Act introduced in US House of Representatives ~tech internet security privacy Article 247 words 37 votes
Japanese sex business operator sues state over virus cash handout snub ~health Article 522 words 7 votes
President Trump is continuing his war on Section 230 and the right for the open internet to exist ~tech privacy internet social media Article 1029 words 8 votes
Norway will finance two-thirds of a large-scale project to capture and store carbon dioxide – carbon capture has long been highlighted as a way to reduce CO2 emissions ~enviro climate change Article 679 words 8 votes
A crash course in CDA Section 230, and a discussion between two lawyers about the EARN IT Act and what it means for free speech and privacy online ~tech privacy security internet Video 1:08:34, published Aug 22 2020 5 votes
The country’s most important climate election is happening in Texas ~enviro climate change energy Article 1817 words, published Aug 19 2020 8 votes
LVMH backs out of $16.2 billion acquisition of Tiffany, citing US threats of tariffs on French goods. Tiffany has filed a lawsuit to enforce the agreement ~finance business Article 126 words 6 votes
People who live near the most toxic sites in America say they saw a level of attention they hadn't seen in decades under Donald Trump ~enviro Article 203 words 18 votes
US gives first-ever OK for small commercial nuclear reactor ~enviro Article 659 words, published Sep 2 2020 19 votes
The next front in the India-China conflict could be a canal across southern Thailand’s Kra Isthmus ~news india china thailand Article 1289 words 8 votes
United States House subcommittee releases coronavirus task force reports kept secret by the White House ~health Article 884 words 18 votes
Norway plans to drill for oil in untouched Arctic areas – critics say plan for fields off Svalbard threatens ecosystem and relations with Russia ~enviro Article 775 words 6 votes
Inside Roblox's war on porn - The game platform is extremely popular with children, and the company is waging an endless fight against "condo games": explicit, often sex-themed user creations ~games Article 4441 words 19 votes
How a plan to save the power system disappeared: A federal lab found a way to modernize the grid, reduce reliance on coal, and save consumers billions. Then Trump appointees blocked it ~enviro energy.renewable Article 3530 words 24 votes
Why has the Republican response to the pandemic in the USA been so mind-bogglingly disastrous? ~health Article 5852 words 11 votes
US phone carriers may soon be able to block all calls from robocallers' carriers ~tech Article 593 words, published Jul 17 2020 16 votes
Reddit releases their new content policy along with banning hundreds of subreddits, including /r/The_Donald and /r/ChapoTrapHouse ~tech social media Link 85 votes
One of the most robust laws on climate change yet has been created in Denmark – can legislation really make failing to act on climate change illegal? ~enviro climate change Article 2752 words 5 votes
US Coronavirus data has already disappeared after Donald Trump administration shifted control from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ~health Article 740 words 6 votes
United Kingdom to ban Huawei equipment in 2021 and remove it from 5G networks by 2027 ~tech Article 388 words 6 votes
Vermont first state to implement a statewide ban on food waste ~enviro Article 803 words, published Jul 6 2020 10 votes
There are climate change policies that rural Americans—even Republicans—support ~enviro climate change Article 727 words 6 votes
Germany bans range of single-use plastics including straws and cotton buds ~enviro pollution plastics.single use Article 147 words, published Jun 24 2020 15 votes
The Chinese government is engaging in a widespread, systematic campaign of forced birth control and sterilization on Uighurs and other minorities ~news china.xinjiang Article 3251 words 48 votes
Indian government bans fifty-nine Chinese apps for security reasons ~tech security Article 348 words 11 votes
Pressure mounts as Starbucks, Coca-Cola join Facebook ad boycott; Facebook updates policy ~tech facebook social media Article 1251 words 9 votes
Terrible, dangerous EARN IT act set to move forward in the senate; attack on both encryption and free speech online ~tech social media internet privacy Article 511 words 27 votes
White House ordered National Institutes of Health to cancel coronavirus research funding, Anthony Fauci says ~health Article 795 words 15 votes
Google starts deleting location history after eighteen months, by default ~tech privacy Article 1211 words 12 votes
Andrew Yang is pushing Big Tech to pay users for data ~tech internet privacy Article 606 words 18 votes
#YouDownloadTheAppAndItDoesntWork — Highlighting hypocrisy and double standards on Apple's App Store ~tech apple.app store Link 9 votes
The US federal government will now allow health care providers to deny care to anyone they perceive as trans or gay ~lgbt transgender Article 1738 words, published Apr 24 2020 38 votes
CDA Section 230 explained: The important and often-misunderstood legal foundation of the social internet ~tech social media internet Article 3539 words 6 votes
Amazon may face EU antitrust charges over merchant data in coming weeks ~finance business Article 243 words 5 votes
Brazil’s favelas, neglected by the government, organize their own coronavirus fight ~health healthcare Article 1190 words 7 votes
Donald Trump administration to make it easier for hunters to kill bear cubs and wolf pups in Alaska — A ban against luring mothers from their dens with doughnuts and other treats will be lifted ~enviro conservation Article 774 words 8 votes