From Constellations, Michiel Meijer (Antwerp): Does Charles Taylor Have a Nietzsche Problem? What Europe gets about cyber threats that the US hasn’t — yet. Putin’s pro-Trump trolls just targeted Hillary Clinton and Robert Mueller. Uranium One, the bizarre Clinton-Russia story lighting up right-wing news, explained. Is Melania Trump living up to her role as first lady? Tomi Lahren’s disrespectful flag costume highlights the hypocrisy of whiteness. Women should be able to get their abortions like they get their Sudafed: Over the counter. Endangered languages have sentimental value, it's true, but are there good philosophical reasons to preserve them? Tragedy of the common: The extinction crisis extends far beyond rare and endangered species.
What to expect when tech companies meet with Congress. The new numbers on fake Russian social media accounts are staggering. Does Facebook even know how to control Facebook? Under intense congressional scrutiny, the social giant will have to answer questions about whether it can rein in its own product. How to fix Facebook? Farhad Manjoo and Kevin Roose ask 9 experts. Facebook’s problems abroad are far more disturbing: As the social media giant grows in the developing world, its platform is being used to spread misinformation and incite violence.
