Apple Brings Mainland Chinese Web Censorship to Hong Kong
Apple quietly expanded the use of Chinese company Tencent’s website blacklist to users in Hong Kong — and no one will answer questions about it.
Sam Biddle
Sam Biddle is a technology reporter focusing on issues of surveillance, privacy, and corporate power. He was previously a senior writer at Gawker, and his work has also appeared in GQ, Vice, and the New York Times magazine, among other outlets.
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Elon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi
Officials from India's ruling right-wing party said American tech companies like Twitter and YouTube complied with demands to remove the documentary.
Guccifer, the Hacker Who Launched Clinton Email Flap, Speaks Out After Nearly a Decade Behind Bars
Before Russian intelligence cribbed his handle, Marcel Lehel Lazar hacked celebrities and Sidney Blumenthal. Now he's back home in Transylvania.
Those Russian Twitter Bots Didn't Do $#!% in 2016, Says New Study
There is "no evidence" Russian Twitter bots had any meaningful effect pushing voters to Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
Department of Homeland Security Can't Even Secure Its Buildings Against People It Fired
Officials have known about the widespread security failure for 15 years without fixing it.
New Twitter Rules Are a Major Privacy Win (for Elon Musk’s Jet)
Confusion reigned as Twitter’s capricious billionaire owner seemed to make company policy on the fly.
Voices
The Internet’s New Favorite AI Proposes Torturing Iranians and Surveilling Mosques
ChatGPT, the latest novelty from OpenAI, replicates the ugliest war on terror-style racism.
CIA Venture Capital Arm Partners With Ex-Googler’s Startup to “Safeguard the Internet”
Trust Lab, founded by a former Google exec for content moderation, will identify “online harmful content, including toxicity and misinformation.”
Hacked Documents: How Iran Can Track and Control Protesters’ Phones
The documents provide an inside look at an Iranian government program that lets authorities monitor and manipulate people’s phones.
Oakland Cops Hope to Arm Robots With Lethal Shotguns
While official language condoning killer robots is shelved for now, Oakland police are still pursuing the option.