An American Citizen Was Detained While Trying to Pay a Customs Fee on a Gift for His Daughter
The incident, involving a Muslim man and two family members, saw CBP stretch the law “beyond recognition,” said a civil liberties attorney.
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Climate Crimes
Bill McKibben on How Climate Crises and New Technologies Will Change What It Means to Be Human
“Just as we had long taken for granted the stability of the planet, we have likewise taken for granted the stability of the human species.”
Hedge Fund-Owned Newspaper Group Outsources Design Abroad, Chasing Higher Dividends
Digital First turns to overseas production and computer-generated stories for “increased profitability.”
A Declassified Court Ruling Shows How the FBI Abused NSA Mass Surveillance Data
By abusing the NSA’s mass surveillance data, the FBI may have violated the rights of millions of Americans, a federal judge ruled.
Mark Zuckerberg Buckles and Will Testify to Congress on Facebook’s Cryptocurrency
The hearing comes after Chair Maxine Waters and committee Democrats sent a letter to Facebook calling on the company to suspend plans to launch the cryptocurrency, Libra.
NRA Ramped Up Facebook Advertising Immediately After Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton
After massacres at El Paso and Dayton, NRA urged gun owners to “show that you won’t be intimidated” by calls for reform.
Twitter Helped Chinese Government Promote Disinformation on Repression of Uyghurs
Promoted tweets from a state-run news outlet distort the position of Uyghurs in the western province of Xinjiang.
Google Is Deepening Its Involvement With Egypt's Repressive Government
Google is set to re-staff its Cairo office, which more or less went dormant in 2014, following the military coup that brought Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to power.
Trauma Counselors Were Pressured to Divulge Confidential Information About Facebook Moderators, Internal Letter Claims
Thousands of Facebook workers have viewed the letter on an internal message board.
A New App Allows Readers in China to Bypass Censorship of The Intercept
In partnership with Psiphon, we are launching a custom app for Android and Windows devices that circumvents China’s censorship of The Intercept.