• At Rapleaf, Your Personals Are Public
  A new generation of search engines scans personal data from social
  networking sites.
  
• Open Government Without Shutting Doors
  The draft "European Convention on Access to Official Documents" has
  serious flaws.
  
• Ballot Machines Malfunction in Scotland
  More than 140,000 ballots were apparently spoilt in Scottish
  Parliamentary elections.
  
• California Blocks RFID Implants in Workers
  The State Senate votes to ban "forced tagging of humans."
  
• New Business Models in the Recording Industry
  The new head of Columbia Records has some interesting ideas.
  
• Know Your Rights, These Are Your Rights
  What should you do when the RIAA comes calling?
  
• Debating the First Sale Doctrine
  EFF Senior Staff Attorney Fred Von Lohmann in a podcast discussion
  of "promo CD" sales.
  
• Science Fiction Writers of America Abuses the DMCA
  A Cory Doctorow novel and other non-infringing works were ordered
  taken down by the SFWA.
  
• Is It a Bird, or Is It a Plane?
  The UK is using unmanned drone helicopters for festival
  surveillance.
  
• Cute, Orwellian Cartoon Cops
  Animated virtual cops are policing the web in China.