Jordan Riefe / TruthdigMar 21, 2018
"I'm really sorry this happened," Zuckerberg says on CNN after blaming himself and Cambridge University researcher Aleksandr Kogan in a Facebook post. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 5, 2018
The technology giant reports a spike in the amount of consumer information turned over to U.S. law enforcement in the first six months of 2017. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Patrick Michels / RevealAug 27, 2017
The system would help the agency track targets by funneling data from at least 17 sources. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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Donald Kaufman / TruthdigMay 6, 2017
Targeted advertising is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the role Facebook soon will be able to play in the lives of users, and maybe even nonusers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By John Cheney-LippoldMay 2, 2017
On websites like Facebook, our selves are not more free; they are more owned. And they are owned because we are now made of data. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
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Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer and documentary filmmaker Cullen Hoback (pictured) discuss the demise of privacy online, safe drinking water and other topics in this week's "Scheer Intelligence." Transcript added. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )
By Julia Angwin, Terry Parris Jr. and Surya Mattu / ProPublicaDec 29, 2016
The site shows users how Facebook categorizes them. It doesn’t reveal the data it is buying about their offline lives. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 5, 2015
"A candidate of Bush's stature -- an establishment favorite, the race's fundraising leader -- rarely bombs like this," writes The Washington Post. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 3, 2015
Corporations are increasingly relying on algorithms to make business decisions, a practice that raises new legal questions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 20, 2015
Excessive reliance on data could influence even well-meaning politicians to lose sight of small-d democratic goals. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Emily ParkerApr 10, 2015
It was actually the corporate world that built a “massive Internet eavesdropping system,” a new book notes, and the NSA just tapped into it. “It’s less Big Brother, and more hundreds of tattletale little brothers.” Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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