Alex Jones, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer and Milo Yiannopoulos have been unpersonned by the digital tech giant Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram. They’re coming for you, next. Or more likely, for us. Human Events stands shoulder-to-shoulder with those being routinely targeted by the would-be ‘Masters of the Universe’, no matter if we agree with […]
The Masters of the Universe at Facebook Ban Multiple Conservative Personalities…
Instagram and Facebook Ban Far-Right Extremists…
Avoid Surveillance with Helm, a Home Server Anyone Can Use to Keep Emails Truly Private…
During a group dinner in a small town in Norway in 2015, at an international conference for investigative journalists, a Ukrainian reporter told me that he used both Gmail and Mail.ru, Russia’s most popular email provider. “Every time I write an email,” he said, “I have to decide if I want Obama to read it, […]
Amazon Employees Hired and Fired by Robots…
Software and algorithms are used to screen, hire, assign and now terminate workers at Amazon. For lower-paid employees, the Robot Overlords Have Arrived. “Millions of low-paid workers’ lives are increasingly governed by software and algorithms. This was starkly illustrated by a report last week that Amazon.com tracks the productivity of its employees and regularly fires […]
Google Preps New Privacy Controls to Let You Delete Your Location Data…
Google is preparing new privacy controls that can periodically erase your location history from the company’s servers. They will be three options: Erase the data every three months, every 18 months, or keep the data until you delete it manually. “You should always be able to manage your data in a way that works best […]
I Used to Work for Google. I Am a Conscientious Objector…
“We can forgive your politics and focus on your technical contributions as long as you don’t do something unforgivable, like speaking to the press.” This was the parting advice given to me during my exit interview from Google after spending a month internally arguing, resignation letter in hand, for the company to clarify its ethical […]
15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook…
The streets of Davos, Switzerland, were iced over on the night of January 25, 2018, which added a slight element of danger to the prospect of trekking to the Hotel Seehof for George Soros’ annual banquet. The aged financier has a tradition of hosting a dinner at the World Economic Forum, where he regales tycoons, […]
Facebook Collected Contacts from 1.5 Million Email Accounts Without Users’ Permission…
Not a week goes without a new Facebook blunder. Remember the most recent revelation of Facebook being caught asking users new to the social network platform for their email account passwords to verify their identity? At the time, it was suspected that Facebook might be using access to users’ email accounts to unauthorizedly and secretly […]
Thousands of Amazon Workers Listen to Recordings from Alexa…
Alexa is like having your own personal assistant that never asks for a raise. When prompted by a “wake word” the device listens to your commands — and so do thousands of Amazon workers, according to a Bloomberg report. Teams stationed around the world listen to and transcribe recordings, then send them back into the […]
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