Sam Biddle

Sam Biddle is a reporter based in Brooklyn, focusing on malfeasance and misused power in technology. While working at Gizmodo and Gawker, he covered stories ranging from vast corporate data breaches and celebrity hackers to trafficked webcam models and Facebook privacy. As the editor of Valleywag, he provided a critical, adversarial view of the startup economy and Silicon Valley culture. His work has also appeared in GQ, Vice, and The Awl.

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Articles by Sam Biddle on theintercept.com

Facebook Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Your Future Actions for Advertisers, Says Confidential Document

Sam Biddle — Apr. 13

Facebook can identify people people "at risk" of jumping ship from one brand to a competitor. The technology raises ethical alarms among experts.

Mark Zuckerberg Is Either Ignorant or Deliberately Misleading Congress

Sam Biddle — Apr. 11

Facebook's CEO claimed that he didn't know information about his own company 13 times in one day of Senate testimony.

Cambridge Analytica Might Have to Return Ad Award — but Industry Still Embraces Company’s Goals

Sam Biddle — Mar. 27

The Advertising Research Foundation is investigating its award to Cambridge Analytica in 2017, as the firm is under fire for pilfering Facebook user data.

The NSA Worked to “Track Down” Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents Reveal

Sam Biddle — Mar. 20

A mysterious data source provided the spy agency with a wealth of information to identify bitcoin holders.

Democrats Want to Subpoena Apple to Find Out When Key Administration Officials Downloaded Encrypted Messaging Apps

Ryan Grim, Sam Biddle — Mar. 17

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee said that if they ran the Trump-Russia inquiry, they would seek records about use of encrypted messaging apps.

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