The War on Immigrants
Peter Thiel’s Palantir Was Used to Bust Relatives of Migrant Children, New Documents Show
Palantir previously claimed its software was strictly involved in criminal investigations as opposed to deportations. This was false.
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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Facebook’s Ad Algorithm Is a Race and Gender Stereotyping Machine, New Study Suggests
For example, jobs with taxi companies were overwhelmingly delivered to black users and secretarial ads to women, despite neutral targeting preferences.
Pentagon Says All of Google’s Work on Drones Is Exempt From the Freedom of Information Act
The Pentagon cited a law permitting government agencies to block the disclosure of records that pertain to “critical infrastructure security information.”
Voices
Elizabeth Warren’s Big Tech Beatdown Will Spark a Vital and Unprecedented Debate
Elizabeth Warren's call to break up Facebook, Google, and Amazon is imperfect and light on details — but it's a good start.
Voices
Should We Trust Artificial Intelligence Regulation by Congress If Facebook Supports It?
It’s hard to square the track records of IBM and Facebook with many of the values listed in the resolution.
Voices
Mark Zuckerberg Is Trying to Play You — Again
Facebook’s promise to build a “privacy-focused platform” is little more than a hollow reaction to recent PR disasters.
Amazon’s Home Surveillance Chief Declared War on "Dirtbag Criminals" as Company Got Closer to Police
Video and internal emails show how Amazon’s Ring has blurred the line between private innovation and public law enforcement.
"A Fundamentally Illegitimate Choice": Shoshana Zuboff on the Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Even those who've tracked technology will be chilled to their core by Zuboff's new book.
For Owners of Amazon's Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching Too
Sources disclosed troubling privacy practices at a Ring office in Ukraine.
Artificial Intelligence Experts Issue Urgent Warning Against Facial Scanning With a "Dangerous History"
An institute at New York University compares some machine learning products today to pseudoscience from the 19th century.