Roslyn Fuller considers the Pirate Party's recent success in Iceland and whether it could signal a new path in American politics.

Deric Lostutter, a self-styled online vigilante who went by the handle "KYAnonymous," has been sentenced to two years in federal prison Wednesday for his role in hacking a local high school football team website more than four years ago. Lostutter initially denied his involvement. But in November 2016, he reversed himself and took a plea agreement in exchange for the prosecution dropping two of the four counts, including the hacking charge under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. (The other two counts—conspiracy and making false statements—remained.)

Excerpted from The Idealist by Justin Peters.

White House claims Alisa Shevchenko was involved in hacking the US election but in an interview she says authorities misinterpreted facts or were fooled. By Shaun Walker and Sam Thielman.

Ali Akbarzadeh

Swartz was brilliant and beloved. But the people who knew the gifted programmer best saw another side. By Larissa MacFarquhar. (Mar. 11, 2013)

We keep the powerful accountable — and that will be even more important in the coming years. By Sarah Harrison.

As read to the crowd at Aaron Swartz Day, at the Internet Archive, San Francisco, November 5, 2016.

German leftwing magazine konkret published an interview with me on the the dark origins of the Tor Project, Jacob Applebaum and the normalization of sexual abuse inside the privacy community, the rightwing origins of the cult of crypto, the corruption of Internet activism, and lots of other topics.

Andrés Sepúlveda rigged elections throughout Latin America for almost a decade. He tells his story for the first time. By Jordan Robertson, Michael Riley, and Andrew Willis.