


Google Secretly Harvests the Health Data of Millions
Nov 27, 2019 A recent Wall Street Journal exposé arouses a familiar sense of dread about Silicon Valley companies and privacy.
Facebook and FTC: Hammer or Slap on the Wrist?
Jul 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.Zuckerberg Flubs Details of Facebook Privacy Commitments
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.
Are Social Media Companies Anti-Social?
Mar 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.
Oculus Founder Is Developing New Surveillance Technology With Help From Peter Thiel
Jun 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.
Oliver Stone Warns Against Surveillance Capitalism and ‘Pokémon Go’
Jul 28, 2016 The “Snowden” filmmaker believes technology will lead to totalitarianism, and his points about domestic spying and data mining should not be dismissed.
The Convenience of Customized Advertising May Come at a High Price
Jul 7, 2016 Further erosions of privacy are likely as companies develop more and better methods for gathering information on internet users.
New Document Shows the CIA Is Investing in Data-Mining Firms
Apr 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.Robert Scheer on National Security: ‘We Don’t Have Adults Watching the Store’ (Video)
Mar 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.
Robert Scheer: On Civil Liberties, Obama’s ‘Probably the Worst President We’ve Had’
Feb 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.”