Julianne Tveten / TruthdigNov 27, 2019
A recent Wall Street Journal exposé arouses a familiar sense of dread about Silicon Valley companies and privacy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated PressJul 24, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission's record $5 billion fine and new oversight of Facebook don't go as far as many critics would have liked. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
RYAN NAKASHIMA / The Associated PressApr 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 )
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E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigMar 22, 2018
Those that traffic in personal data we give them are not living up to their obligations to us as individuals or to the common good. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 6, 2017
Palmer Luckey, the 24-year-old Silicon Valley wunderkind, is planning a comeback after being forced to leave Facebook, which acquired his virtual reality company for $2 billion in 2014. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Jordan Riefe / TruthdigJul 28, 2016
The “Snowden” filmmaker believes technology will lead to totalitarianism, and his points about domestic spying and data mining should not be dismissed. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Thor Benson / TruthdigJul 7, 2016
Further erosions of privacy are likely as companies develop more and better methods for gathering information on internet users. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Emma Niles / TruthdigApr 18, 2016
A report by The Intercept shines a light on social-media mining and surveillance-oriented companies receiving funding from In-Q-Tel, the intelligence agency’s venture capital firm. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 2, 2015
“To treat this apparatus of the national security state as if it’s on any level acting in a rational sense, other than trying to have an enemy so we can have a big defense industry … is utter nonsense,” the Truthdig editor-in-chief told an audience at a conference on nuclear weapons Sunday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 28, 2015
Barack Obama “makes George W. Bush and Richard Nixon look good by comparison," Truthdig's editor-in-chief told Salon in an interview about his new book, “They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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