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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NRA Ramped Up Facebook Advertising Immediately After Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton

Sam Biddle — Sep. 16

After massacres at El Paso and Dayton, NRA urged gun owners to “show that you won’t be intimidated” by calls for reform.

Trauma Counselors Were Pressured to Divulge Confidential Information About Facebook Moderators, Internal Letter Claims

Sam Biddle — Aug. 16

Thousands of Facebook workers have viewed the letter on an internal message board.

Why an “AI Race” Between the U.S. and China Is a Terrible, Terrible Idea

Sam Biddle — Jul. 21

We don’t need to win this nationalistic race — especially when we don’t even know what’s at the finish line.

Hacked Border Surveillance Firm Wants To Profile Drivers, Passengers, and Their “Likely Trip Purpose” In New York City

Sam Biddle — Jul. 9

Using a network of cameras, Perceptics wants to collect congestion pricing tolls — and to infer things about drivers, alarming privacy advocates.

In Court, Facebook Blames Users for Destroying Their Own Right to Privacy

Sam Biddle — Jun. 14

“The whole premise of Facebook is to render not private” your activity, said company lawyer, fighting off lawsuits over Cambridge Analytica data collection.

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