Right-Wing Sting Group Project Veritas Is Breaking Facebook's "Authentic Behavior" Rule. Now What?
Sworn testimony by a Project Veritas operative shows the group is violating Facebook rules designed to curb troll farms, a key expert says.
Technology
China Bans The Intercept and Other News Sites in "Censorship Black Friday"
The crackdown also impacts The Guardian, Washington Post, NBC News, and others, and may be related to the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
This Chinese Artist Criticized Google and Xi Jinping. Now He's Facing Government Harassment.
Dissident Badiucao has emerged from hiding to unveil a documentary film about suppression of his work — and to finally show his face.
Amazon Offered Job to Pentagon Official Involved With $10 Billion Contract It Sought
In chasing the JEDI contract with the U.S. government, Amazon allegedly negotiated signing bonuses and stock options with a DOD official.
Snowden Archive
Meltdown Showed Extent of NSA Surveillance — and Other Tales From Hundreds of Intelligence Documents
Internal NSA reports reveal the exploits of a secret commando unit, new details of a joint venture with the CIA, and spying against Middle Eastern satellite internet.
Snowden Archive
Mission Creep: How the NSA’s Game-Changing Targeting System Built for Iraq and Afghanistan Ended Up on the Mexico Border
The revolutionary NSA system merged different sources of electronic surveillance to rapidly map enemy fighters. The ramifications are still being felt.
Snowden Archive
Israel Hated American Ban on Sharing Intel for Assassinations, So U.S. Made New Rules
Israeli military officials privately pressed for an exemption to intelligence restrictions during a 2006 war with Hezbollah.
Snowden Archive
Sinking of Russian Nuclear Submarine Known to West Much Earlier Than Stated, NSA Document Indicates
The report about Kursk also stated that the Russian navy did not try to contact the submarine for five hours after explosions that sank it.
Thanks to Facebook, Your Cellphone Company Is Watching You More Closely Than Ever
Legal experts believe Facebook profiling may run afoul of federal law on credit checks.
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Google's Censored Search Would Help China "Be More Open," Said Ex-CEO Eric Schmidt
The former Google CEO also claimed that employees building the search engine, Dragonfly, knew what they were working on — contradicting what they have said.