Sam Biddle

Meta acknowledged that Instagram was burying some flag emoji comments in “offensive” contexts.

By focusing on the potential dangers of Chinese spy tech, we’ve ignored how roaming itself creates massive vulnerabilities, a new Citizen Lab report says.

In responses to users who tried to post an alleged picture of the Gaza hospital bombing, Instagram and Facebook said it violated guidelines for sexual content or nudity.

During a war, when access to the internet could save lives, Palestinians are struggling to reach the outside world and each other.

“It’s been about four days since this incredible and tragic escalation of violence and the level of misinformation — even disinformation — seems near unprecedented.”

Periods of Israeli–Palestinian violence have regularly resulted in the corporate suppression of Palestinian social media users.

A new, well-funded pressure group is fighting to get Apple to weaken iPhone privacy protections in the name of catching child predators.

A previously unreported NSA inspector general report about Anne Neuberger reveals disarray and dysfunction at the top of the cybersecurity hierarchy.

In an internal update obtained by The Intercept, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company admits its rules stifled legitimate political speech.

Evangelical military vets are using “counterterror” internet surveillance techniques to help police get search warrants against sex workers.