IBM Used NYPD Surveillance Footage to Develop Technology That Lets Police Search by Skin Color
New York City served as IBM’s “primary testing area” for developing software that enables police to search surveillance video footage for skin color.
Technology
Sheryl Sandberg Misled Congress About Facebook’s Conscience
Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg said the company doesn’t operate in countries where it can't hew to democratic values. That’s just not true.
Google Dragonfly
World’s Leading Human Rights Groups Tell Google to Cancel Its China Censorship Plan
A blistering letter from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch calls a forthcoming search engine with blacklists “an alarming capitulation by Google on human rights.”
Facebook Suspended a Latin American News Network and Gave Three Different Reasons Why
Facebook offered a jumble of explanations for why Telesur's English-language page was suddenly taken down and then reinstated two days later.
Google Dragonfly
Google Executives Misled Staff in Meeting on China Censorship. Here Are 13 Questions They Must Answer.
Co-founder Sergey Brin said he didn’t know about the China plans, which CEO Sundar Pichai said are “in an exploration stage” — despite previous reports.
Google Dragonfly
Google Staff Tell Bosses China Censorship Is “Moral and Ethical” Crisis
Google is facing mounting pressure inside and outside the company over its plans for a censored search engine in China.
British and Canadian Governments Accidentally Exposed Passwords and Security Plans to the Entire Internet
On Trello, a project management site, the governments posted credentials for servers and domain names and even some emails and code.
Black Hat Hacker Conference Begins to Grapple With Gender Discrimination and Sexual Assault in Cybersecurity
For the first time, the conference invited speakers to address gender discrimination, sexual assault, mental health, and substance abuse.
Snowden Archive
NSA Cracked Open Encrypted Networks of Russian Airlines, Al Jazeera, and Other “High Potential” Targets
The agency broke into virtual private networks for several key targets, including two government entities in Iraq.
As Twitter Suspends Alex Jones, Should We Worry About Silicon Valley Regulating Speech?
Sam Biddle, Glenn Greenwald, and Briahna Joy debate how the left should consider free speech issues in the context of powerful online platforms.