My personal Facebook account, which has the maximum 5,000 friends and an additional 5,000+ followers, has been blocked from posting for three days. My page hasn’t been blocked yet, but we’ll see; I shared the article there, too. The reason given for this ban by the little pop-up boxes when I logged on just now […]
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Do Facebook and Google Have Control of Their Algorithms Anymore? A Sobering Assessment and a Warning…
If you searched Google immediately after the recent mass shooting in Texas for information on the gunman, you would have seen what Justin Hendrix, the head of the NYC Media Lab, called a “misinformation gutter.” A spokesperson for Google later gave a statement to Gizmodo that placed blame squarely on an algorithm…
‘The Atlantic’ Commits Malpractice, Selectively Edits to Smear WikiLeaks…
Everyone was buzzing about the shocking, bombshell new report by The Atlantic yesterday, which revealed that Donald Trump Jr. and the WikiLeaks Twitter account had engaged in a “largely one-sided” conversation in private messages over the course of several months. Don Jr. actually comes off looking fairly normal in the report, while WikiLeaks comes off […]
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Voice of America Reporter Posts Racist Reddit Memes While Receiving Taxpayer Money…
While posting on his Reddit account UncleSam4200, Voice of America reporter Josh Fatzick bragged on the infamous pro-Trump subreddit r/The_Donald that he worked in Washington media — but half-jokingly added, “If I were to ever be publicly connected to this account, it probably would not be good for my career.” The reason why Fatzick didn’t […]
Firefox 57 “Quantum” Released – 2x Faster Web Browser…
It is time to give Firefox another chance. The Mozilla Foundation today announced the release of its much awaited Firefox 57, aka Quantum web browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which claims to defeat Google’s Chrome. It is fast. Really fast. Firefox 57 is based on an entirely revamped design and overhauled core that includes […]
Apple iPhone X’s Face ID Hacked (Unlocked) Using 3D-Printed Mask…
Just a week after Apple released its brand new iPhone X on November 3, a team of hackers has claimed to successfully hack Apple’s Face ID facial recognition technology with a mask that costs less than $150. Yes, Apple’s “ultra-secure” Face ID security for the iPhone X is not as secure as the company claimed […]
Forcing RT to Register As ‘Foreign Agent’ Is a ‘Horrendous Blow to Press Freedom’…
Washington’s ultimatum that forced RT to register as a ‘foreign agent’ under a 1938 law created to counter Nazi Germany has drawn condemnation, with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) terming it a “troubling precedent.” “Compelling RT to register under FARA is a bad idea. This is a shift in how the law has been […]
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Dem IT Aide, Imran Awan, Used Political Influence to Have Fraud Charges Dropped in Pakistan…
The family of Imran Awan, the now-indicted former IT aide to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other Democrats, was previously accused of fraud in Pakistan involving “huge chunks” of land, but the charges were dropped because “Awan’s son had easy access to the corridors of power,” according to a detailed article in a Pakistani newspaper. […]
WikiLeaks: CIA Impersonated Kaspersky Labs As a Cover for Its Malware Operations…
WikiLeaks, under its new Vault 8 series of released documents, has rolled out what it says is the source code to a previously noted CIA tool, called Hive, that is used to help hide espionage actions when the Agency implants malware. Hive supposedly allows the CIA to covertly communicate with its software by making it […]
REPORT: Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the NSA to Its Core…
Jake Williams awoke last April in an Orlando, Fla., hotel where he was leading a training session. Checking Twitter, Mr. Williams, a cybersecurity expert, was dismayed to discover that he had been thrust into the middle of one of the worst security debacles ever to befall American intelligence. Mr. Williams had written on his company […]
Seven Years Confined: How A Foia Litigation Is Shedding Light on the Case of Julian Assange…
The siege by Scotland Yard agents around the red brick building in Knightsbridge has been gone for two years now. And with Sweden dropping the rape investigation last May, even the European arrest warrant hanging over Julian Assange’s head like the sword of Damocles has gone. Many expected the founder of WikiLeaks to leave the […]
UK Prosecutors Admit Destroying Key Emails in Julian Assange Case…
The Crown Prosecution Service is facing embarrassment after admitting it destroyed key emails relating to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy fighting extradition. Email exchanges between the CPS and its Swedish counterparts over the high-profile case were deleted after the lawyer at the UK end retired in 2014. […]
Something Is Wrong on the Internet…
I’ve also been aware for some time of the increasingly symbiotic relationship between younger children and YouTube. I see kids engrossed in screens all the time, in pushchairs and in restaurants, and there’s always a bit of a Luddite twinge there, but I am not a parent, and I’m not making parental judgments for or […]
Vault 8: WikiLeaks Releases Source Code for Hive – CIA’s Malware Control System…
Almost two months after releasing details of 23 different secret CIA hacking tool projects under Vault 7 series, Wikileaks today announced a new Vault 8 series that will reveal source codes and information about the backend infrastructure developed by the CIA hackers. Not just announcement, but the whistleblower organisation has also published its first batch […]
DOJ Orders RT America to Register as Foreign Agent by Monday…
Washington will apply its Foreign Agents Registration Act to RT America, the channel has announced. The Department of Justice has given the broadcaster until Monday to register as a foreign agent, otherwise the channel’s head faces arrest and its accounts could be frozen. The piece of legislation was adopted in the US in 1938 to […]
Dear Senators Portman & Blumenthal: What Should Blogs Do If SESTA Passes?…
So we’ve spent some time talking about why SESTA is such a bad bill even in its updated form (which fixes just a tiny sliver of the overall problems). And we may have some more soon about other problems with the language in the bill, but for now I want to make this even more […]
Fake WhatsApp on Google Play Store Downloaded by Over 1 Million Android Users…
Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of everything that’s popular among people in order to spread malware, and Google’s official Play Store has always proved no less than an excellent place for hackers to get their job done. Yesterday some users spotted a fake version of the most popular WhatsApp messaging app for Android on […]
U.S. Domestic, er, Foreign Spying Bill Progresses Through Congress…
Thought the Snowden leaks would make things better? Joke’s on you. A draft law protecting one of the US government’s spying programs has passed through the initial markup stage in the Congress, providing one more opportunity to witness the “up is down” world in which American politics currently resides. The USA Liberty Act put forward […]
Uber Announces Partnership with NASA on Flying Car Service…
Uber is joining forces with NASA to develop an air traffic management system for its flying taxi service, the company announced Wednesday at a technology conference in Lisbon, as first reported by CNN. The ride-hailing firm first unveiled its ambitious plans for a flying car project last year, as part of Uber’s effort to transform […]
Paradise Papers Reveal How Apple Found a New Tax Haven After the U.S. Senate Started Cracking Down…
Tech giant Apple chose the Channel Islands as a new haven to continue avoiding billions in taxes, the Paradise Papers show. The company picked Jersey as an alternative after a 2013 crackdown on its controversial tax practices in the Republic of Ireland, they reveal. Apple moved the firm holding most of its huge untaxed offshore […]
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