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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Artificial Intelligence Experts Issue Urgent Warning Against Facial Scanning With a “Dangerous History”

Sam Biddle — Dec. 6

An institute at New York University compares some machine learning products today to pseudoscience from the 19th century.

Here’s Facebook’s Former “Privacy Sherpa” Discussing How to Harm Your Facebook Privacy

Sam Biddle — Dec. 6

In a chat seized by U.K. authorities, privacy officer Yul Kwon discussed how Facebook planned to circumvent an Android privacy dialog.

Homeland Security Will Let Computers Predict Who Might Be a Terrorist on Your Plane — Just Don’t Ask How It Works

Sam Biddle — Dec. 3

The software, developed under contract, will be given to foreign governments. It is already being tested.

New Law Could Give U.K. Unconstitutional Access to Americans’ Personal Data, Human Rights Groups Warn

Trevor Aaronson, Sam Biddle — Nov. 26

This form of international data-sharing could put Americans’ privacy at risk and expose citizens to potential Fourth Amendment abuses, critics say.

Facebook Allowed Advertisers to Target Users Interested in “White Genocide” — Even in Wake of Pittsburgh Massacre

Sam Biddle — Nov. 2

Despite efforts to debunk "white genocide" theory, Facebook sold advertisers ability to market to users with interest in the myth just days after bloodshed.

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