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Year in Review 2019Everybody’s Watching You: The Intercept’s 2019 Technology Coverage
A look back at The Intercept’s must-read technology stories from 2019.
How Big Tech Manipulates Academia to Avoid Regulation
A Silicon Valley lobby enrolled elite academia to avoid legal restrictions on artificial intelligence.
The Trump Campaign Is Deploying Phone Location-Tracking Technology
Phunware obtains location and user data to infer “gender, age, lifestyle preferences” of potential voters.
Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Is an Engine of Anti-Muslim Hate the World Over. Don’t You Care?
What happened to the guy who told his Muslim employees in 2015 that he would “fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment”?
Filmmakers Sue to Shield Visitors to U.S. From Social Media Vetting
The lawsuit challenges U.S. visa registration policies that require disclosure of social media handles used over the past five years on 20 platforms.