22 links today. Enjoy.
The South Carolina Police Files: Gunslinging Raids, Coverups and Magical Dog Sniffs (Very disturbing, must read, Washington Post)
Appeals Court Rules Cell Tower Locations Not Protected Information (One of the most absurd court decisions I’ve ever seen, Wall Street Journal)
Free Speech is Under Attack (The Economist)
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Microsoft Back EU Hate Speech Rules (Reuters)
Snowden Tried to Tell NSA About Surveillance Concerns, Documents Reveal (Vice News)
GCHQ and NSA Routinely Spy on UK Politicians’ E-mails (ArsTechnica)
Google Plans to Replace Smartphone Passwords with Trust Scores (New Scientist)
State Department Claims it Doesn’t Know Who Ordered Video Edited (Shameless liars, The Hill)
Clinton’s IT Aide to Plead the Fifth (The Hill)
Clinton Might Not Be the Nominee (I can’t believe they’re floating the Biden trial balloon, Wall Street Journal)
Why Some of the Smartest Progressives I Know Will Vote for Trump over Hillary (Politico)
Use It or Lose It: Occasional Ohio Voters May be Shut Out in November (Reuters)
Philippine President-Elect Says ‘Corrupt’ Journalists Will Be Killed (The Guardian)
Glenn Greenwald on U.S. Government Involvement in Brazilian Coup (YouTube)
Atlas Energy Pays CEO $73 Million Cash, Becomes Penny Stock (Bloomberg)
U.S. Crackdown on Payday Lenders Sharpens Political Battle Lines (Reuters)
Seattle U. Dean Suspended After Recommending Black Activist’s Book (Reason)
President of the Minneapolis Police Union Calls Blacks Lives Matter a “Terrorist Organization” (CBS Minnesota)
Two Weeks Into Presidency, Taiwan Leader Pushes Away From China (Bloomberg)
Poland Gets Official Warning from EU Over Constitutional Court Changes (The Guardian)
Facebook Begins Tracking Non-Users Around the Internet (The Verge)
The Impossible Task of Creating a “Best VPNs” List Today (ArsTechnica)
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He’s 20. Has brain cancer. And is caught in the crossfire between the FDA and a renegade doctor
The family drama comes amid growing tension — in Congress and across the US — about how far terminally ill patients can, and should, go in search of a miracle.
The FDA tries to protect patients from unproven remedies that might do more harm than good. But when a child has an incurable brain tumor, does the same cold calculus of risk and benefit apply?
“Neil wanted to be part of this research,” Wendy Fachon, Neil’s mother, told STAT. “What did he have to lose — his life?”
For his part, Neil said in an interview Tuesday that he has been focusing on staying upbeat, even amid the “crazy stress” of fighting the FDA for the right to try the infusions. “I’m thinking ‘What can I still do?’” he said. “I can hold my head up. I can keep the most positive spirit I can, and help my parents get through this the best they can. And that’s precisely what I intend to do.”
https://www.statnews.com/2016/06/01/brain-cancer-fda-fight/?
are they protecting patients or medical industry…..?lots of money at stake….