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Here’s Facebook’s Former “Privacy Sherpa” Discussing How to Harm Your Facebook Privacy
Imprisoned Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond Bumped a Guard With a Door — and Got Thrown in Solitary Confinement
Homeland Security Will Let Computers Predict Who Might Be a Terrorist on Your Plane — Just Don’t Ask How It Works
I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine. The Company Needs to Clarify Its Position on Human Rights.
Google Shut Out Privacy and Security Teams From Secret China Project
Hundreds of Google Employees Tell Bosses to Cancel Censored Search Amid Worldwide Protests
Amnesty International To Stage Worldwide Protests Against Google’s “Dystopian” Censored Search for China
New Law Could Give U.K. Unconstitutional Access to Americans’ Personal Data, Human Rights Groups Warn
The Dangerous Junk Science of Vocal Risk Assessment
Is It Easier to Imagine the End of the World Than the End of the Internet?
Inside the Wild West World of Gift Card Bitcoin Brokering
Google and Facebook Ended Mandatory Arbitration for Sexual Harassment Claims. Will Workers Outside the Tech Industry Benefit?
Amazon’s Accent Recognition Technology Could Tell the Government Where You’re From
Google’s “Smart City of Surveillance” Faces New Resistance in Toronto
One Little-Watched Race Has Huge Implications for Election Hacking and Voter Suppression in Georgia
Facebook Allowed Advertisers to Target Users Interested in “White Genocide” — Even in Wake of Pittsburgh Massacre
Google CEO Tells Senators That Censored Chinese Search Engine Could Provide “Broad Benefits”
Some Silicon Valley Superstars Ditch Saudi Advisory Board After Khashoggi Disappearance, Some Stay Silent
Government Report: “An Entire Generation” of American Weapons Is Wide Open to Hackers
Leaked Transcript of Private Meeting Contradicts Google’s Official Story on China
How an Algorithm Kicks Small Businesses Out of the Food Stamps Program on Dubious Fraud Charges
Big Tech Is Appealing to Congress to Help Get Around California’s New Online Privacy Law
Google Executive Declines to Say If China Censors Its Citizens
The Government Wants Airlines to Delay Your Flight So They Can Scan Your Face
Former Google Scientist Tells Senate to Act Over Company’s “Unethical and Unaccountable” China Censorship Plan
United Nations Accidentally Exposed Passwords and Sensitive Information to the Whole Internet
Facebook Brushed Off the U.N. Five Separate Times Over Calls for Murder of Human Rights Worker
Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track Search Users in China