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Technology

'Sure Looks Like Zuckerberg Lied' to Congress About User Privacy, As New Facebook Data-Sharing Deals Come to Light

Following Worker Revolt, Google to End Drone Technology Contract with Pentagon

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Kudos to all the Google employees who forced the company's hand on this."

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Facebook Shareholders Accuse Zuckerberg of Running 'Corporate Dictatorship' and Condemn Data Privacy Scandal as 'Human Rights Violation'

Julia Conley, staff writer

Zuckerberg's outsized influence over the company's decision making has...

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Chelsea Manning: Big Brother Getting Worse, 'Especially in US'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Chelsea Manning

New comments from noted whistleblower come during her bid for a U.S. Senate seat

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"Evil Is Fine Now": Google Ditches "Don't Be Evil" in Company Code of Conduct

"Alarming": Facebook Teams Up With Think-Tank Funded by Saudi Arabia and Military Contractors to "Protect" Democracy

A Dozen Google Employees Resign Over Pentagon Drone Contract as 4,000 Workers Demand End to Project

In 2017, the NSA tripled the amount of data it collected from U.S. phones. (Image EFF Photos/flickr/cc)

Tripling Its Collection, NSA Sucked Up Over 530 Million US Phone Records in 2017

Progressive Media Outlets—Including This One—Decry Facebook's Plan to Act as Gatekeeper of "Trustworthy" News

As Online Misogynists Praise Toronto Attacker, Authorities Urged to Examine Link to Anti-Woman Worldview

As Joy-Ann Reid Stands by 'Hacking' Claim, LGBTQ Group Rescinds Award Over Anti-Gay Blog Posts

protester

Net Neutrality Advocates Hopeful as California Bill Advances Despite Lobbyists' Attack

California Democrats Under Fire for Siding With Telecom Lobbyists Against Net Neutrality Bill

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who told USA TODAY he's leaving Facebook over concers about how the social media site handles users' information. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc)

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Ditches Facebook Over User-Data Profiteering

50+ Artificial Intelligence Scholars Launch Boycott of University Over Fears of 'Killer Robot' Weapons Lab

Citing 'Don't Be Evil' Motto, 3,000+ Google Employees Demand Company End Work on Pentagon Drone Project

Newswire

Electronic Frontier Foundation

AT&T, Verizon, Other Telco Providers Lag Behind Tech Industry in Protecting Users from Government Overreach, EFF Annual Survey Shows

ACLU

ACLU Comment on Cyberattacks Using NSA Tools

Center for Democracy & Technology

D.C. Circuit Denial of En Banc Review on Net Neutrality Case a Win for Internet Users

ACLU

Government Backs Down on Attempt to Unmask Twitter User Critical of Immigration Policy

Center for Democracy & Technology

CDT Supports the Protecting Data at the Border Act

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Civil and Human Rights Coalition ‘Likes’ Facebook for Finalizing Prohibition of Ethnic Affinity Advertisements on Housing, Employment, and Credit

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Views

Justin Anderson

Who Will Take on the 21st Century Tech and Media Monopolies?

Adam Johnson

Media Warn of ‘Russian Bots’—Despite Primary Source’s Disavowal

Gennie Gebhart

How To Change Your Facebook Settings To Opt Out of Platform API Sharing

Nozomi Hayase

Transhumanism: A Final Corporate Takeover of Humanity

Kate Aronoff

The Case for Nationalizing Elon Musk

Naomi Schaefer Riley

Kids Don't Need a Cellphone; They Need a Digital Diet

Phil Rockstroh

Capitalism’s Failure Of The Flesh: The Rise Of The Robots

Sonali Kolhatkar

Why Some of Us Hesitated to Say #MeToo

Christopher Brauchli

Matt Cagle, Chris Conley

Why Did the Government Search an Artist’s iPhone at the Border?

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