Sam Biddle

Facebook and Instagram’s wartime content moderation practices have “exacerbated violence and failed to combat hate speech,” the senator says.

After the ad was discovered, digital rights advocates ran an experiment testing the limits of Facebook’s machine-learning moderation.

The data brokerage giant sold face recognition, phone tracking, and other surveillance technology to the border guards, say government documents.

Employees are internally protesting Google’s Project Nimbus, which they fear is being used by Israel to violate Palestinians’ human rights.

According to internal materials reviewed by The Intercept, Cruise cars were also in danger of driving into holes in the road.

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.”