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Scientists Are Debating Whether Animals Have a Right to Privacy
A growing number of scientists are deliberately concealing tracking data to protect their location.
Facebook’s Internal Moderator Policies Should Have Been Published Years Ago
It's taken a leak to the press to understand what Facebook really wants.
Trump Is Keeping His White House Visitor Log Under Wraps
Members of the public won't be able to request to see who stopped by the White House for at least five years after Trump leaves office.
Seven things you might have missed in Canada’s 2017 budget
Funding for Indigenous communities, funding for mental health in prisons, a new Uber tax, and some funny accounting with Canada’s defense spending
Arkansas Bill Would Let Businesses Sue Whistleblowers
The state's Senate is considering the bill and is expected to vote on it this week.
Animal Rights Groups Have Filed a Lawsuit Against the USDA for Removing Records
PETA, Born Free USA, and others filed the lawsuit Monday.
This Blog Is Republishing All the Animal Welfare Records the USDA Deleted
A grassroots effort to recover the extant records has sprung up amid controversy over the USDA’s decision to remove the files from the web.
Why Did the USDA Delete Thousands of Animal Abuse Records From Its Website?
In a climate of criticism over the Trump administration’s lack of transparency, these kinds of decisions are getting higher scrutiny.
13 Million Pages of Declassified CIA Documents Were Just Posted Online
The CIA was losing money because a heroic citizen used the agency's ink and paper to print and scan them one by one.
After Years of Inhumane Treatment, Chelsea Manning Will Be Freed From Prison
President Obama has commuted Manning's sentence, but that doesn't fix his terrible record on domestic human rights.
Obama Has Reportedly Put Chelsea Manning on Short List to Be Set Free
"Chelsea deserves a chance to be truly free to live her life. Her chance is now, and Obama is her only hope."