Daily Links: 12/20/17 – The problems with “drug-free zones”

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

• The Myth of the Playground Pusher: How “drug-free zones” are less about protecting children and a lot more about drug-warrior politicians who want to burnish their creds with tougher sentences, innocence be damned.
  (via @radleybalko)

• Rep. Marsha Blackburn ^[pictured] (R-TN), noted telecom shill who understands nothing about net neutrality, introduces a bill that would codify the FCC’s anti-net-neutrality position into law.

• Law firm Appleby, whose leaked documents were the basis for the Paradise Papers, sues The Guardian and the BBC over their reporting, claiming “there was no public interest in the stories”.
  (via @KyellGold)

• Speaking of bad lawsuits: Password manager company Keeper is suing an Ars Technica reporter who wrote about a security flaw that has since been fixed. Considering that security firms’ credibility rests largely on their transparency regarding security flaws, this mostly ensures that no-one will trust Keeper again.
  (via @normative; RT: @Popehat)

• More data, this time from Las Vegas, shows that police body cameras reduce the number of complaints and use-of-force incidents.

• Ding dong, the child-molestation-enabling cardinal is dead. Naturally, he’ll get a full Vatican funeral with Pope Francis’s blessing.

• Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) sets his resignation date for January 2, 2018.
  (via Joe.My.God.)

• Finally, it’s a victory against breed-specific legislation as Montréal, Québec strikes down its pit bull ban.

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