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Laid-Off Journalists Release Ad Campaign Blaming Google, Facebook for Their Downfall…

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A group of laid-off journalists is starting an ad campaign urging lawmakers to break up some of the largest social media companies in the country. The Save Journalism Project, a group started for reporters who want to highlight big tech’s effect on the news industry, launched in June to show how Facebook and Google’s digital […]

The Unholy Alliance Between DNA Sites and Facial Recognition…

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Technology that was once only seen in dystopian science fiction is rapidly infecting real life. Two means of collecting personal data – DNA databases and facial recognition software – are forming an unholy alliance, and the privacy implications could be devastating. Privacy concerns surrounding DNA and facial recognition aren’t anything new. As the popularity of […]

Facebook’s Process to Label You a ‘Hate Agent’ Revealed…

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Facebook monitors the offline behavior of its users to determine if they should be categorized as a “Hate Agent,” according to a document provided exclusively to Breitbart News by a source within the social media giant. The document, titled “Hate Agent Policy Review” outlines a series of “signals” that Facebook uses to determine if someone […]

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook Labels Facebook a ‘Chaos Factory’…

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Business Insider reports that tech industry insiders are becoming increasingly wary of social media platform Facebook, including Apple CEO Tim Cook and early Facebook investor Roger McNamee. During a recent commencement speech at Stanford, Tim Cook attacked Silicon Valley giants in general for behaving irresponsibly but did not specifically name any other companies. Cook did […]

Amazon’s Helping Police Build a Surveillance Network with Ring Doorbells…

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If you’re walking in Bloomfield, New Jersey, there’s a good chance you’re being recorded. But it’s not a corporate office or warehouse security camera capturing the footage — it’s likely a Ring doorbell made by Amazon. While residential neighborhoods aren’t usually lined with security cameras, the smart doorbell’s popularity has essentially created private surveillance networks […]

DOJ Secures Jurisdiction for Potential Apple Investigation…

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) will take the lead in any future investigation of Apple’s market power, as regulators move toward a wider review of Silicon Valley’s antitrust concerns, Reuters reported on Monday. The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the two agencies tasked with antitrust enforcement, reached an agreement in recent weeks […]

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