Mark Zuckerberg Is Either Ignorant or Deliberately Misleading Congress
Facebook's CEO claimed that he didn't know information about his own company 13 times in one day of Senate testimony.
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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How the Assad Regime Tracked and Killed Marie Colvin for Reporting on War Crimes in Syria
Syrian regime documents and testimony from defectors reveal that Marie Colvin and others were hunted as part of a policy to eliminate journalists.
Cambridge Analytica Might Have to Return Ad Award — but Industry Still Embraces Company's Goals
The Advertising Research Foundation is investigating its award to Cambridge Analytica in 2017, as the firm is under fire for pilfering Facebook user data.
Snowden Archive
The NSA Worked to “Track Down” Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents Reveal
A mysterious data source provided the spy agency with a wealth of information to identify bitcoin holders.
Democrats Want to Subpoena Apple to Find Out When Key Administration Officials Downloaded Encrypted Messaging Apps
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee said that if they ran the Trump-Russia inquiry, they would seek records about use of encrypted messaging apps.
Facebook Quietly Hid Webpages Bragging of Ability to Influence Elections
Bragging about Facebook's ability to shape election outcomes via its social network probably doesn't look so great right now.
Facebook Will Trust Its Untrustworthy Users to Rank the Trustworthiness of News
Facebook announced that it is doing something about fake news by leveraging the users who have been sharing all the ... fake news?
Jill Stein Will Hand Over Russia-Related Communications to Senate Committee
Jill Stein said she will cooperate fully with the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into "collusion with the Russians.”
Trump-Connected Firm Helped Sow Chaos in Kenyan Election, Report Says
Harris Media helped covertly spread divisive messages, Privacy International reports.
Drone Wars
This Israeli Presentation on How to Make Drone Strikes More “Efficient” Disturbed Its Audience
New technology would help find people fleeing drone strikes and predict their movements. An Israeli conference audience was not impressed.