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New Analysis Shows Billionaires' Dream of Space Tourism Would Be Disaster for Emissions, Climate Crisis

A SpaceXFalcon 9 launches from from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in February 2018.

Time to 'Break Facebook Up,' Sanders Says After Leaked Docs Show Social Media Giant 'Treated User Data as a Bargaining Chip'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"As I have been saying the privacy frame is bullshit," said another critic. "Facebook is all about criminal behavior to monopolize ad money."

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Democrats' New Online Privacy Bill Heralded as Chance to Build 'Alternative Road to a Digital Future'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"This legislation is a game-changer," says Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff,...

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While New Twitter Policy Will Ban Green Groups' Climate Ads, Looks Like ExxonMobil Can Still Pay to Promote Its Propaganda

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"These Twitter ads aren't just any political issue ads—they epitomize the art...

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Google parent company Alphabet announced plans to purchase smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion.

"Not Just a Business Deal, It's a Data Grab": Privacy Advocates Sound Alarm on Google's Acquisition of FitBit

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US Agencies Sued Over Secretive Use of Facial Recognition and Other 'Dystopian Surveillance Technology'

Twitter's decision on Wednesday to ban political advertising was met with cautious praise.

'Whoa': Twitter to End Paid Political Advertising on Platform, CEO Says

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Hundreds of Facebook Employees to CEO Zuckerberg: 'Free Speech and Paid Speech Are Not the Same Thing'

With an image of himself on a screen in the background, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill October 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. Zuckerberg testified about Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency Libra, how his company will handle false and misleading information by political leaders during the 2020 campaign and how it handles its users’ data and privacy. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

'Perhaps You Believe You're Above the Law': Zuckerberg Grilled Over Libra, False Political Ads, and More

CEO Mark Zuckerberg

As Zuckerberg Defends False Trump Ads as Free Expression, Critics Say Facebook's Assault on 'Foundations of Democracy' Must Be Stopped

New York Attorney General Letitia James

Critics Warn 'Consumers Will Pay the Price' After GOP-Controlled FCC Approves T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

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'Without Encryption, We Will Lose All Privacy': Snowden Condemns US, UK, and Australian Push for 'Backdoor' Into Facebook Messaging Apps

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

Warren Challenges Facebook's Political Advertising Policy—With Ad That Falsely Claims CEO Zuckerberg Endorsed Trump

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

'Does Anyone Think That's a Bad Thing?': Leaked Audio Suggests Warren Vow to Break Up Facebook Has Zuck Spooked

Just as Digital Privacy Advocates Warned, Bezos Admits Amazon Writing Its Own Laws on Facial Recognition

Because 'Everything Is on Fire,' Nearly 1,000 Amazon Workers Pledge to Walk Out and Join Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20

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Free Press Action

The Eshoo-Lofgren Online Privacy Act Recognizes That Privacy Rights Are Civil Rights

The Communications Workers of America

AT&T’s New Financial Plan Caters to Wall Street and Leaves Customers and Employees Behind

Public Citizen

Groups Offer to Deliver 50,000 Comments That Election Assistance Commission Staff Didn’t Allow Decision-Makers to See

Fight for the Future

Over 1,000 Websites and Major Companies Plan to Join 'Digital Climate Strike' Next Week...

Fight for the Future

Kamala Harris Repeats Silicon Valley and Law Enforcement Talking Points on Facial Recognition

US PIRG

Google to Pay Disappointing $170 Million Fine Over YouTube’s Sale and Tracking of Ads Aimed at Children

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Steven Rosenfeld

Social Media Is Amplifying Trump’s Rants and Disinformation More Than Ever—Can Society Protect Itself?

Timothy Karr

Can Anyone Stop Facebook from Poisoning Democracy?

Matt Cagle

California Just Blocked Police Body Cam Use of Face Recognition

Lulu Friesdat

Voting Machines Pose A Greater Threat to Our Elections Than Foreign Agents

Tom Valovic

Google Becomes Evil

Scott Goodstein

Democratic Candidates Must Communicate Differently to Impress a New Generation of Voters

Birgit Schippers

Facial Recognition: Ten Reasons You Should Be Worried About the Technology

Steven Rosenfeld

Is a Nationally Widespread New Voting System Ready for the 2020 Elections?

Likhita Banerji

A Dangerous Alliance: Governments Collaborate with Surveillance Companies to Shrink the Space for Human Rights Work

Ernesto Falcon

The T-Mobile and Sprint Merger Is Blatantly Anticompetitive