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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.
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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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.
Here’s Facebook’s Former “Privacy Sherpa” Discussing How to Harm Your Facebook Privacy
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
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
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
Despite efforts to debunk "white genocide" theory, Facebook sold advertisers ability to market to users with interest in the myth just days after bloodshed.