The impact of Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" on Noam Chomsky's path to anarchism(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

62 points by anarbadalov 2 years ago | 150 comments

How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt](thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

664 points by the-mitr 5 months ago | 224 comments

MIT Press Reader book excerpt recounting how whistleblower Mark Klein gave the EFF evidence of the NSA's secret AT&T wiretapping facility, Room 641A.

The UK's Teen Social Media Ban Is Political Theater, Not Child Safety Policy(techdirt.com)

102 points by hn_acker 4 months ago | 87 comments

Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That's not a problem we need to solve(technologyreview.com)

21 points by joozio 8 days ago | 28 comments

MIT Technology Review opinion piece by Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd arguing that age gates on social media backfire and closing loopholes kids use will worsen things.

The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

18 points by haritha-j 11 months ago | 27 comments

Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws(abc.net.au)

221 points by llui85 1 year ago | 297 comments