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Tim Berners-Lee: “The Web Has Been Hijacked by Crooks and Trolls”…

Thirty years ago this month, a young British software engineer working at a lab near Geneva invented a system for scientists to share information that would ultimately change humanity. But three decades after he invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee has warned that his creation has been “hijacked by crooks” that may spell its […]

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SHOT: James Clapper – ‘I Didn’t Lie’ to Congress About NSA Surveillance, I ‘Simply Didn’t Understand’ the Question…

Former National Security Agency Director James Clapper said he did not lie about mass domestic surveillance programs when he testified to Congress in 2013, but rather he made a mistake and did not understand what specific program was being asked about. CNN’s John Berman asked for Clapper’s reaction to The Intercept’s Glen Greenwald report: “The very first NSA program we revealed […]

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Russiagate Grand Wizard Deceives Audience About Assange…

When it was first revealed in November that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is under secret charges by the Trump administration, I spent the next few days being told by Russiagaters that this was proof that I have been wrong about their demented cold war cult all along, because #MuellerTime is fast approaching. At long last, […]

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Google Employees Uncover Ongoing Work on Censored China Search…

Google employees have carried out their own investigation into the company’s plan to launch a censored search engine for China and say they are concerned that development of the project remains ongoing, The Intercept can reveal. Late last year, bosses moved engineers away from working on the controversial project, known as Dragonfly, and said that […]

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If This Story Turns Out to Be Factually Correct, Be Sure to Thank Edward Snowden, Bill Binney, Glenn Greenwald and Yes, President Trump – Disputed NSA Phone Surveillance Program Is Shut Down…

The National Security Agency has quietly shut down a system that analyzes logs of Americans’ domestic calls and texts, according to a senior Republican congressional aide, halting a program that has touched off disputes about privacy and the rule of law since the Sept. 11 attacks. The agency has not used the system in months, […]

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Here’s What Amazon Has to do to Secure $23M from Virginia…

Amazon will receive staggered payouts for occupying an increasing amount of office space near National Airport, and get at least two days’ notice when someone requests information it provides to Arlington County, under an incentives agreement the County Board will vote on March 16. The $23 million agreement, which was provided to The Washington Post […]

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New Horizons Spacecraft Captured the Sharpest Possible Pictures of Ultima Thule…

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured the sharpest possible pictures of the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule – the farthest object ever explored. The pictures were obtained just before New Horizons’ closest approach to the object (officially named 2014 MU69) at 12:33 a.m. EST on Jan. 1, 2019 – offer a resolution of about 110 […]

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Chelsea Manning Unsuccessfully Fights Subpoena to Testify Before Grand Jury Probing Julian Assange…

WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning appeared in a federal courtroom on Tuesday in Alexandria, Virginia, where the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst unsuccessfully challenged a subpoena requiring her to testify before a grand jury that is investigating WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Outside the courthouse, the former Bradley Edward Manning (who is now 31) told reporters that her efforts […]

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No Lack of Skilled American Tech Workers…

Americans don’t usually think of technical professionals as “guest workers,” yet at any one time, there are more than a half-million foreigners holding tech jobs in the U.S. They are here thanks to the H-1B visa program. H-1B, so the official spiel goes, addresses an alleged shortage of “highly skilled” Americans to fill jobs “requiring […]

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Chelsea Manning Challenges Grand Jury Subpoena, Support Committee Issues Statement in Solidarity…

Chelsea Manning has been summoned to appear and give testimony before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) on March 5, 2019.  Following a rich history of contributions to activist communities, Chelsea will utilize every available avenue to challenge this subpoena. In support of Chelsea, activists have begun mobilizing through a […]

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Can Facebook Monopolize Your Data, Even if You’re Not on Facebook?…

Facebook spent years forging various partnership agreements with other digital media monsters to gobble up huge troves of users’ private data even when customers are not perusing the company’s platform, according to testing conducted by The Wall Street Journal. Recent analyses are going further to describe the extent of Facebook’s ability to peer into people’s […]

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Tech Billionaire Allegedly Behind a False Flag Operation Played a Role in Creating Fake News Software, Nonprofit Confirms…

The liberal billionaire who allegedly backed a misinformation campaign during the midterm elections played a significant role in funding a group responsible for creating a controversial fake news project. Reid Hoffman greatly increased his financial contributions to artificial intelligence research group OpenAI, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. The group recently developed software allowing […]

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Developing Industry Standards Won’t Give Artificial Intelligence a Conscience…

From the algorithms used by social media platforms to the machine-learning that powers home automation, artificial intelligence has quietly embedded itself into our lives. But as the technology involved grows more advanced and its reach widens, the question of how to regulate has become increasingly urgent. The pitfalls of AI are well-documented. Race and gender […]

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DOJ Fines Virginia Firm for Hiring Foreigners over Qualified Americans…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is fining a Charlottesville, Virginia, firm hundreds of thousands of dollars for hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas instead of qualified Americans in its latest settlement, thanks to former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative. The Justice Department announced this week it will fine CFA Institute (CFAI) more than […]

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Internal Facebook Document Leak Shows How Company Planned to Sell User Data…

Leaked Facebook documents including court filings and internal discussions by Facebook employees reveal how the company planned to sell user data for profit. In 2018, the U.K. Parliament used its legal powers to obtain a number of internal Facebook documents as it attempted to hold the social media giant accountable for the Cambridge Analytica data scandal which saw […]

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Facebook Says it Fired Leaker for Participating in Conservative Bias ‘Stunt’…

Facebook says it fired a contractor who worked with right-wing sting group Project Veritas on a “stunt,” as the group today published screenshots of internal Facebook conversations. The Veritas report includes 60 pages of documents and a related video, which features on-the-street confrontations with named Facebook employees. The documents, provided by a former Facebook contractor […]

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Horrifying: Suicide Tips for Children Found on YouTube’s Kids Section…

A Florida mother has discovered shocking YouTube videos which give children instructions on how to kill themselves. Free Hess said she found a cartoon on YouTube Kids – described by the Google-owned site as a ‘family friendly’ version – in which a man showed youngsters how to slit their wrists effectively. In the clip a man signals […]

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The Trauma Floor: The Secret Lives of Facebook Moderators in America…

The panic attacks started after Chloe watched a man die. She spent the past three and a half weeks in training, trying to harden herself against the daily onslaught of disturbing posts: the hate speech, the violent attacks, the graphic pornography. In a few more days, she will become a full-time Facebook content moderator, or […]

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