Pedro Pascal slams J.K. Rowling’s celebration of anti-trans bill: ‘Heinous loser behavior’ ~lgbt transgender Article 397 words 51 votes
Secret Ink - South Korea's underground tattoo scene: The women defying the law | BBC 100 Women ~life.women Video 25:50, published Feb 4 2025 14 votes
‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores ~enviro pollution.water pollution.ground plastics Article 750 words, published Aug 30 2024 32 votes
Swedish government says excessive screen time is causing a severe health crisis for youth – new legislation in the works to require schools to ban access to digital devices ~health.mental Article 1212 words 14 votes
US Republicans are sneaking anti-trans amendments into beneficial bills ~lgbt transgender Article 1732 words 21 votes
Sweden and Finland have moved to relax strict laws that govern the sale of alcohol, while preserving wider state monopolies ~food drinks Article 294 words 9 votes
Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Assessment Map: June 2024 edition ~lgbt transgender Article 1676 words 11 votes
Networked geothermal is catching on in Minnesota ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1379 words, published Apr 5 2024 19 votes
US rail safety legislation still stalled one year after East Palestine Ohio disaster ~transport Article 856 words 36 votes
A Meta engineer known as an expert at curbing online harassment saw his own child face harassment on Instagram. Now, he’s testifying before the US Congress ~tech social media Article 817 words 19 votes
After many years, migrant workers in Norway won legal protection from exploitative agencies – but now a European Free Trade Association ruling puts progress in peril ~life work Article 1236 words 3 votes
Paddington in Peru films in Colombia – sparking row over legislation in Peru ~movies Article 600 words, published Oct 5 2023 7 votes
‘Who benefits?’ Inside the EU’s fight over scanning for child sex content. ~tech privacy Link 23 votes
Australia tells dating apps to improve safety standards to protect users from sexual violence ~tech Article 631 words 12 votes
Apple formally endorses right to repair US legislation after spending millions fighting it ~tech apple Article 817 words 67 votes
The US tech industry has largely co-opted the once-dreaded “patchwork” of state rules through effective lobbying— and its success is sapping momentum for federal legislation ~tech privacy Article 1674 words 7 votes
UK House of Lords votes to modify proposed legislation to target 'harmful' algorithms ~tech Link 9 votes
ACT passes Australian-first legislation banning irreversible medical procedures for young intersex children ~lgbt Article 245 words 12 votes
Covid backlash hobbles US public health and future pandemic response ~health Article 2189 words 8 votes
Spain approves menstrual leave, teen abortion and trans laws ~health healthcare Article 453 words 7 votes
UK proposes making the sale and possession of encrypted phones illegal ~tech privacy Article 10 votes
Meet the man building a thousand wheelchair ramps in Iceland – Ramp Up Iceland aim to make everyday life less challenging for people with physical disabilities ~life Article 659 words 4 votes
Germany moves ahead with plan to legalize cannabis sales ~news germany politics law Article 346 words 17 votes
Federal government introduces legislation to ban conversion therapy in Canada ~lgbt Article 593 words 13 votes
Legislation to criminalise gender affirming care for trans children is dangerous ~lgbt transgender Link 12 votes
Arizona advances bill forcing Apple and Google to allow Fortnite-style alternative payment options ~tech google apple.app store Article 1684 words 7 votes
Facebook to lift Australia news ban after government agrees to amendments to proposed legislation requiring them to pay publishers ~tech facebook social media Article 6 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
Finland has demonstrated that it is possible to reduce the number of smokers without seeing a surge in e-cigarette users ~health Article 801 words, published May 4 2020 7 votes
Got lacteal secretions? Virginia tries to limit the legal definition of milk. ~food drinks Article 416 words 7 votes
Why Republicans are suddenly in a rush to regulate every trans kid’s puberty ~lgbt transgender Article 2727 words 14 votes
Prohibition was a failed US experiment in moral governance ~humanities.history Article 475 words 13 votes
Proposed US law would ban infinite scroll, autoplaying video ~tech social media Article 482 words 13 votes
We should opt into data tracking, not out of it, says DuckDuckGo CEO Gabe Weinberg ~tech Article 9747 words, published May 27 2019 10 votes
Defeating the voters: Across the United States, state autocrats are spurning democratic majorities ~humanities Article 2142 words, published May 14 2019 15 votes
Silicon Valley-funded privacy think tanks fight in DC to unravel state-level consumer privacy protections ~tech privacy Article 1381 words 5 votes
Internal documents show Apple is capable of implementing right to repair legislation ~tech apple Article 1158 words 7 votes
New Zealand bans military style semi-automatics and assault rifles ~news new zealand law Link 15 votes
FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-encryption laws ~tech privacy security Article 365 words 15 votes
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez releases Green New Deal outline ~enviro climate change Article 1754 words 29 votes
UK government seeks views on whether gaming is 'harmful or helpful to society' ~games Article 226 words 11 votes
New York passes Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and legislation banning “conversion therapy” ~lgbt transgender Article 311 words 12 votes
Potential impact of two IoT security and privacy laws on tech industry ~tech privacy security Article 1543 words 6 votes
Anti-transgender legislation devastates trans children — even when it fails ~lgbt transgender Article 3765 words 9 votes