Facebook has deleted thousands of UK accounts and overhauled its news feed in an attempt to battle fake news, following vocal criticism of the internet giant’s role in the phenomenon. The social network has been under pressure to address “false news” in recent months, following concerns about its impact on elections in the US and […]
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Rand Paul: Obama May Have Spied on Me, Other Lawmakers Using NSA Intercepts…
Sen. Rand Paul, the former Republican presidential candidate and vocal champion of civil liberties, has received allegations that the Obama administration sought intercepted intelligence from the National Security Agency on him and other members of Congress and has asked President Donald Trump to conduct a formal investigation, Circa has learned…
Trump Put Susan Rice on Blast for Refusing to Testify about the ‘Unmasking’ of U.S. Citizens…
President Trump criticized former National Security Advisor Susan Rice in two early-morning tweets about how Rice refused to appear before a Senate subcommittee about Russian meddling in the 2016 election. In a letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who had requested that Rice appear before the subcommittee, Rice’s attorney, Kathryn Ruemmler, said that her client […]
State Dept. Told To Release New Benghazi Emails From Hillary’s Server…
A federal judge ordered the Department of State to release new emails stored on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server regarding the 2012 attack in Benghazi, a nonprofit government watchdog group announced Friday. Two previously unreleased emails have a subject line “Quick Summary of POTUS Calls to Presidents of Libya and Egypt” and […]
Wikileaks Publishes Secret CIA Tools That Attacked Computers Inside Offices…
WikiLeaks published on May 5 “Archimedes”, a tool used by the CIA to attack a computer inside a Local Area Network (LAN), usually used in offices. It allows the re-directing of traffic from the target computer inside the LAN through a computer infected with this malware and controlled by the CIA…
President Obama’s Team Sought NSA Intel on Thousands of Americans During the 2016 Election…
During his final year in office, President Obama’s team significantly expanded efforts to search National Security Agency intercepts for information about Americans, distributing thousands of intelligence reports across government with the unredacted names of U.S. residents during the midst of a divisive 2016 presidential election. The data, made available this week by the Office of […]
Comey Testifies Classified Emails Were Forwarded to Anthony Weiner…
Hillary Clinton emails containing classified information were forwarded to former congressman Anthony Weiner, the director of the FBI testified Wednesday as he defended his handling of politically sensitive probes surrounding the last year’s presidential race. Under questioning from the senior Democrat on the committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), James B. Comey revealed…
NYPD Sued for Refusing to Disclose Face Recognition Technology Docs…
A privacy group is suing the NYPD for documents related to their secretive and unregulated facial recognition program. They say the technology can misidentify people, causing innocent people to be investigated or arrested. The Center on Privacy & Technology (CPT), a university think tank at Georgetown Law, announced Tuesday that it filed a Freedom of […]
Reined-In N.S.A. Still Collected 151 Million Phone Records in ’16…
The National Security Agency vacuumed up more than 151 million records about Americans’ phone calls last year via a new system that Congress created to end the agency’s once-secret program that collected domestic calling records in bulk, a report disclosed Tuesday. Although the number is large on its face, it nonetheless represents a massive reduction […]
Former Facebook Exec: “They’re Lying Through Their Teeth”…
For two years I was charged with turning Facebook data into money, by any legal means. If you browse the internet or buy items in physical stores, and then see ads related to those purchases on Facebook, blame me. I helped create the first versions of that, way back in 2012. The ethics of Facebook’s […]
BEWARE: Monsanto Accused of Hiring Army of Trolls to Silence Online Dissent…
Biotech giant Monsanto is being accused of hiring, through third parties, an army of Internet trolls to counter negative comments, while citing positive “ghost-written” pseudo-scientific reports which downplay the potential risks of their products. The documents emerged during pre-trials on 50 lawsuits against Monsanto which were pending in the US District Court in San Francisco…
U.S. Researchers Eliminates HIV Infection in ‘Humanized’ Mice…
U.S. researchers said Monday they have successfully removed HIV DNA from the genomes of living animals using a gene-editing tool, giving scientists a boost in confidence to eventually eliminate the AIDS virus infection in human patients. In a new study published in the journal Molecular Therapy, researchers at Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh […]
Creator of Fake News List Speaks: The Truth About Fake News (PODCAST)…
Chris Martenson: Okay. Great. So this list. First, what made one necessary, in your mind? Melissa Zimdars: So, it wasn’t actually supposed to be a list originally. This all started as media literacy exercise in my Intro to Mass Communication course. I felt like my students were having a difficult time determining the credibility of […]
Amazon Launches Surveillance System, Calls it “A Hands-Free Camera and Style Assistant”…
Hey all you dumbshits who expose SMB to the Internet on unpatched Windows boxes: Your new, “hands-free camera and style assistant” is here. *wink* *wink*…
Facebook Conducted Research to Target Emotionally Vulnerable and Insecure Youth…
FACEBOOK has come under fire over revelations it is targeting potentially vulnerable youths who “need a confidence boost” to facilitate predatory advertising practices. The allegation was revealed this morning by The Australian which obtained internal documents from the social media giant which reportedly show how Facebook can exploit the moods and insecurities of teenagers using […]
This Is Crazy: After Challenging Red Light Cameras, Oregon Man Fined $500 for Practicing Engineering Without a License…
When Mats Järlström’s wife got snagged by one of Oregon’s red light cameras in 2013, he challenged the ticket by questioning the timing of the yellow lights at intersections where cameras had been installed. Since then, his research into red light cameras has earned him attention in local and national media—in 2014, he presented his […]
Busted in Barcelona: Meet RussiaGate’s John Dean…
Russian Peter Levashov would have fared better if his wife was a gangster’s moll, who knew when to keep her mouth shut. Instead, she’s a socialite in St. Petersburg, Russia, who told journalists her hacker hubby was busted for “creating a virus linked to Trump winning the election.” Almost immediately The New York Times began […]
N.S.A. Halts Collection of Americans’ Emails About Foreign Targets…
The National Security Agency has halted one of the most disputed practices of its warrantless wiretapping program: collecting Americans’ emails and texts to and from people overseas that mention foreigners targeted for surveillance, according to officials familiar with the matter. National security officials have argued that such surveillance is lawful and helpful in identifying…
iPhones Are iSpies (VIDEO)…
Most of us carry smartphones and watch web-enabled TVs without much thought. But the revelations found in Wikileaks’ “Vault 7” release warn that we should consider the sinister capabilities that such devices could lend to those who might abuse them. Since launching in 2006, Wikileaks has reportedly released over 10 million documents, including controversial disclosures […]
NSA Blimp Spied in the United States…
To residents of Maryland, catching an occasional glimpse of a huge white blimp floating in the sky is not unusual. For more than a decade, the military has used the state as a proving ground for new airships destined for Afghanistan or Iraq. But less known is that the test flights have sometimes served a […]
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