Facebook Quietly Hid Webpages Bragging of Ability to Influence Elections
Bragging about Facebook's ability to shape election outcomes via its social network probably doesn't look so great right now.
Technology
Amazon Partnership with British Police Alarms Privacy Advocates
A partnership with police will permit some Amazon Echo owners to report crimes directly through their smart speakers.
Drone Wars
Google Is Quietly Providing AI Technology for Drone Strike Targeting Project
Google is providing assistance to the Defense Department's new algorithmic warfare initiative to apply artificial intelligence solutions to drone targeting.
Snowden Archive
NSA Used Porn to “Break Down Detainees” in Iraq — and Other Revelations From 297 Snowden Documents
The documents, from an internal NSA newsletter, also reveal problems recruiting Arabic speakers to the spy agency and evidence of election fraud in Egypt.
Snowden Archive
How London's 7/7 Bombings Led to "Unprecedented" Surveillance Tactics
After attacks in London in 2005, British and American spies accelerated a secret plan for "unfettered" sharing of people's communication records.
Snowden Archive
How U.K. Spies Hacked a European Ally and Got Away With It
A British spy agency secretly hacked a company in Belgium then evaded an extraordinary police investigation.
In Leaked Chats, WikiLeaks Discusses Preference for GOP Over Clinton, Russia, Trolling, and Feminists They Don't Like
Chats from a private Twitter group show that WikiLeaks plotted against critics and opined on the U.S. presidential election, often in a sexist manner.
U.K. Court Finds Government's Surveillance Powers Unlawful
A sweeping British spy law does not have adequate safeguards against abuse, judges ruled on Tuesday.
Facebook Will Trust Its Untrustworthy Users to Rank the Trustworthiness of News
Facebook announced that it is doing something about fake news by leveraging the users who have been sharing all the ... fake news?
Snowden Archive
Forget About Siri and Alexa — When It Comes to Voice Identification, the "NSA Reigns Supreme"
Classified documents from the Snowden archive reveal the NSA has been developing technology to automatically identify a speaker from the sound of their voice.