As toxic tech companies battle bill to make gig workers employees, former Sen. Boxer lobbies for Lyft against exploited workers…--AOC shows brass balls, calls Boxer’s lobbying “stain on public service”
--Amazon’s doorbell camera company, Ring, partners with local police to create for-profit, private surveillance network; The Guardian report is here, Buzzfeed report is here
--Google’s hackers report that iPhones are vulnerable to hacking when users visit unnamed websites
--fearing (Russian) hackers, DNC moves to block phone voting during Iowa caucuses
--reacting to IG’s mild rebuke of James Comey, Kevin Gosztola argues we have 2-tier system for leakers, and official leakers are not punished
--Trump tells his personal assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, “you’re fired” for allegedly leaking info about Trump family to media
--in local TV video interview, Leslie Lakes of Prison Arts Touching Hearts tells how she connected with artists in prison all over the country
--Hong Kong authorities round up protest leaders, cancel Saturday march, as more troops arrive from mainland China
--Iran’s leaders seem to accept they must deal with Trump, but maintain defiant approach
--Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan takes to NY Times to plead for peace over Kashmir
--former British PM John Major joins lawsuit against Boris Johnson over suspension of Parliament
--in Colombia, the FARC signals end to 3-year truce
--in Brazil, Glenn Greenwald reveals more evidence of corruption among anti-corruption prosecutors
--at WhoWhatWhy, Jeff Schectman interviews Nick Bryant, who exposed Jeffrey Epstein’s “black book” in 2012
--new judge at Guantanamo sets trial date for the men accused in 9/11 plot, 19.5 years after the events
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