05/31/18 Overnight Links

National Review: Yes, the FBI was investigating the Trump campaign when it spied

Yeah right: The Verge: Google promises ethical principles to guide development of military AI

The Intercept: Face recognition is now being used in schools, but it won’t stop mass shootings

New York Post: Facebook slammed for ‘cheap trick’ to get people to accept privacy policy

ABC: Google’s plan for data-driven ‘smart city’ sparks privacy, democracy concerns

LA Times: Crackdown on immigrants takes toll on federal judge: “I have presided over a process that has destroyed families”

Common Dreams: 40+ rights groups demand Homeland Security release unredacted ‘race paper’ used to justify spying on activists

Boing Boing: The TSA has a secret enemies list of people who’ve complained about screeners

Engadget: Google Assistant is taught to fire a gun

The Federalist: The plug must be pulled on Google’s plan for thought control

Techdirt: Court has no problem with multiple invasive probings in search of drugs that didn’t exist

Gizmodo: Most federal agencies are ‘at risk’ or worse following damning cybersecurity report

Reason: Kim Kardashian is currently the nation’s greatest hope for prison reform

CATO: Nobody wins a trade war

The American Conservative: Police officers don’t need hate crime protections

Antiwar.com: The brilliance of Randolph Bourne

Author: S. Smith