The Creator of the World Wide Web Is ‘Devastated’ by What It Has Become

Ilana Novick Jul 3, 2018 Tim Berners-Lee is fighting for a freer, more open internet. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Documents Show Private Intelligence Web Behind Global Surveillance Program

Max Blumenthal / Grayzone Project Jun 5, 2018 A partnership revealed in internal Cambridge Analytica documents highlights the connections between private intelligence firms and Western governments engaged in Middle East counterintelligence. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

How Cambridge Analytica’s Parent Company Infiltrated Yemen

Max Blumenthal / Grayzone Project Jun 4, 2018 Documents obtained by the Grayzone Project show how the SCL company conducted a surveillance operation using psychological profiling, “strategic communications campaigns” and infiltration of foreign operatives into local communities. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Data Firm at Center of Facebook Privacy Scandal to Close

MAE ANDERSON / The Associated Press May 2, 2018 Cambridge Analytica, the Trump-affiliated data firm, is declaring bankruptcy and shutting down, blaming "unfairly negative media coverage." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jill Stein Breaks ‘Russiagate’ Silence, Gives Documents to Senate Committee

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Apr 27, 2018 The 2016 Green Party presidential candidate supports the corruption probe but decries its misuse for warmongering, censorship and political repression. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Big Brother Is Programming Us

Julian Vigo / Truthdig Apr 22, 2018 The reality of the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal is far more sinister than a loss of personal privacy. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Zuckerberg Flubs Details of Facebook Privacy Commitments

RYAN NAKASHIMA / The Associated Press Apr 14, 2018 Over two days of questioning in Congress, he revealed he didn't know key details of a 2011 consent decree with the FTC that requires the company to protect user privacy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pro-War Press, Not Cambridge Analytica, Is the Real Scandal

Daniel Lazare / Truthdig Apr 13, 2018 The story is heavy on Russophobic propaganda and light on proof that the data analysis company influenced the 2016 election in any substantial way. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Facebook Is No Friend to Democracy

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Apr 12, 2018 Social media platforms have become central to our modern lives, but evidence is mounting that who we "friend" and what we "like" and share can be used by malevolent groups. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

After a Day of Apologies, Zuckerberg Faces Round 2

MARY CLARE JALONICK, BARBARA ORTUTAY and DAVID HAMILTON / The Associated Press Apr 11, 2018 The social media executive heads into a second day of Senate hearings and, undoubtedly, aggressive questioning. A headline from his testimony so far is his disclosure that Facebook has worked with the Mueller probe. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘I Am Sorry’: Zuckerberg Faces Congressional Inquisition

MARY CLARE JALONICK and BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Apr 10, 2018 After privately assuring senators that Facebook will do better, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is undergoing a two-day grilling during which he will try to restore trust in the company. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Facebook Starts to Send Out Millions of Privacy-Related Notices

BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Apr 8, 2018 The 87 million users whose data might have been shared with Cambridge Analytica will get detailed messages through their news feed, the social media giant says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )