The darker the blue the higher the fraction of foreign Facebook connections with the imperial power in question. (Facebook has not shared the underlying percentage data, just the ranking.) These closely correspond to countries or territories which were, whether wholly or in part, at one point under British, French, Spanish or Portuguese rule, as seen in the bottom set of maps.

FORBES: The Facebook Empires

Now the Supreme Court looks like sooner or later, it's going to have to rule on this new set of procedures, as well.

NPR: Court: Detainees Can't Challenge Detentions

But at the same time he wants to set up international tribunals to rule on unfair tax competition, for example, or health standards.

ECONOMIST: Globalisation

No rule should be imposed at a global level or supranational level that cannot be more or equally effectively set at the national or local level.

FORBES: ECB President Favors Global Governance

The Defense Information Systems Agency, or DISA, the agency that sanctions commercial technology for Pentagon use, is set to rule in the next two weeks that Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones, preloaded with Samsung's Knox security software, conforms with the Pentagon's so-called Security Technology Implementation Guide, according to a Defense Department spokesman.

WSJ: Pentagon Expects to Enlist Apple, Samsung Devices