Portugal makes it illegal for your boss to text you after work in 'game changer' remote work law ~life work.remote Link 16 votes
Section 1201 exemptions to prohibition against circumvention of technological measures protecting copyrighted works (2021) ~comp Article 245 words 7 votes
Bill 2 is "the most transphobic bill ever proposed in Quebec," activist says ~lgbt transgender Article 707 words 5 votes
China deems all cryptocurrency transactions illegal ~finance cryptocurrency Article 123 words 25 votes
Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other tech firms are pressing lawmakers to stop prosecutors from secretly snooping on private accounts ~tech microsoft google facebook privacy Article 2167 words 3 votes
Supreme Court will hear arguments in Mississippi abortion case challenging Roe v. Wade on Dec. 1 ~health Article 486 words 14 votes
A doctor who defied Texas' abortion law is sued, launching a legality test of the ban ~health healthcare Article 1065 words 20 votes
Prisoners serving life sentences in Denmark are to be banned from entering new romantic relationships ~news denmark politics law Article 317 words 14 votes
Dutch cities want to ban property investors in all neighborhoods ~news netherlands law Article 295 words 30 votes
China cuts amount of time minors can spend playing online video games to three hours a week, with an hour extra during holidays ~games Article 214 words 19 votes
Against Theory, now with bots! On the persistent fallacy of intentionless speech ~humanities language Article 4494 words, published Aug 2 2021 3 votes
Florida Sheriff's office now notifying people it will be inflicting its 'Pre-Crime Program' on them ~news crime usa.fl law Article 710 words, published Jul 30 2021 18 votes
Tobacco firm Philip Morris calls for ban on cigarettes within decade ~health Article 286 words 19 votes
Uffizi is suing Pornhub after it turns masterpieces into live porn ~arts art Article 800 words 10 votes
It's been ten years since seventy-seven people were massacred in a far-right terror attack in Utøya – ten years on, what has changed in Norway? ~life Article 936 words 15 votes
Hirschfield v. BATFE: Fourth Circuit holds that federal laws prohibiting handgun sales to persons between the ages of 18-21 unconstitutional under the Second Amendment (PDF opinion) ~news politics usa law.constitutional PDF 7 votes
New Norwegian law will require advertisements where a body's shape, size, or skin has been retouched to be labeled ~tech social media Article 411 words 16 votes
Millions in UK face disenfranchisement under voter ID plans ~society politics Article 465 words 7 votes
British right to repair law comes into force today, excludes smartphones and computers ~tech Article 362 words 10 votes
Judge tears Florida’s social media law to shreds for violating First Amendment ~tech social media facebook Article 1547 words 16 votes
Vatican urges Italy to stop proposed anti-homophobia law ~lgbt Article 465 words, published Jun 22 2021 10 votes
The Supreme Court’s newest Justices produce some unexpected results ~society politics Article 1193 words 15 votes
Hong Kong's Apple Daily raided by 500 officers over national security law ~news china hong kong journalism law Article 902 words 11 votes
At 15, he shot and killed his parents, two classmates at his school, and wounded twenty-five others. He’s been used as the reason to lock kids up for life ever since. ~life Article 13 625 words, published Jun 12 2021 18 votes
President of Nigeria bans Twitter as retaliation for deleted Tweet, human rights groups condemn this as restriction on free speech ~news nigeria politics law Article 9 votes
How to start disrupting cryptocurrencies: “Mining” is money transmission ~finance cryptocurrency Article 1223 words 6 votes
US Supreme Court turns away challenge to the rule that only men register for the draft ~life.men Article 471 words 17 votes
Rights of nature: How granting a river personhood could help protect it ~enviro conservation Article 1159 words, published Jun 3 2021 5 votes
Supreme Court reins in definition of crime under controversial hacking law ~tech Article 1725 words 12 votes
Chick-fil-A’s profits are being used to push anti-trans state laws and kill the Equality Act ~lgbt transgender Article 971 words 22 votes
Denmark is set to adopt legislation enabling it to open asylum centres outside Europe where applicants would be sent to live ~society politics Article 782 words 6 votes
King County, WA is first in the country to ban government use of facial recognition software ~tech privacy Link 15 votes
California bill to decriminalize psychedelics is approved by Senate, now moves on to Assembly ~health Article 486 words 26 votes
noyb issues more than 500 GDPR complaints in aim to end “cookie banner terror” ~tech Article 978 words 22 votes
Florida has passed an unconstitutional law to allow suing and fining social media companies (except ones that also own theme parks) for censoring users or de-platforming politicians ~tech social media Article 1637 words 20 votes
Legislation to criminalise gender affirming care for trans children is dangerous ~lgbt transgender Link 12 votes
China bans financial, payment institutions from cryptocurrency business ~finance cryptocurrency business Article 287 words 11 votes
Chileans head to polls to pick architects of new constitution ~news chile politics law Article 428 words 7 votes