By Nika Knight / Common DreamsAug 18, 2016
Calling a leak of sophisticated spy tools unprecedented, the whistleblower says things "could get messy fast." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigApr 28, 2015
Sweden's Supreme Court has given WikiLeaks figure Julian Assange the green light to appeal allegations of sexual assault stemming from two incidents that allegedly took place in Enköping and Stockholm in 2010. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Richardson / TruthdigMar 6, 2015
As the surveillance state has harnessed the very technologies that were supposed to liberate us, a new book explores the shadowy world of Anonymous, an online "community" that has targeted corporations and governments guilty of perceived offenses against digital liberty. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Since his arrest in 2012, Brown has come to be seen as one of those subjected to predatory treatment as the U.S. government persecutes journalists who use underground tactics to expose wrongdoing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigDec 11, 2014
Former-“Anonymous”-hactivist-turned-FBI-informant Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka "Sabu," has turned to the news media to defend himself against accusations of “snitching” on his colleagues. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 30, 2014
The hacktivist journalist pleaded guilty to three charges stemming from his reporting on a high-profile hack by the group Anonymous and his long-standing conflict with the FBI. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigApr 22, 2014
After spending over a year in a federal correctional institution, "Weev" Auernheimer's conviction has been vacated by an appeals court. The U.S. government may try him again and critics of his prosecution hope Auernheimer's plight will underscore the need to put an end to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 3, 2014
"The state now wants to make sharing unapproved information a crime," DSWright writes at FireDogLake. "Which is to say the stakes in the Barrett Brown case could not be higher." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 6, 2014
The NSA whistle-blower's new leak that the British government targeted activist collective Anonymous has sizable and scary implications; in 2013, 85 people were exonerated for crimes they didn't commit, and it wasn't just because of scientific advances; meanwhile, strangle rules and regulations are being revealed in Sochi as the Winter Olympics start. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 14, 2014
Remember that awful case in which a couple of high school football stars in Steubenville, Ohio, who raped an unconscious young girl were sentenced thanks to an anonymously leaked video? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 12, 2014
One year after the death of Internet visionary Aaron Swartz, Brian Knappenberger, a director of films about hacktivism, is ready to release a documentary that follows a child programmer's maturation into one of the most important and effective political minds of his generation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 22, 2013
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: It's Elizabeth Warren's country. Hillary Clinton just lives in it. Why Wal-Mart should be worried. Truthdigger of the Week Jeremy Hammond is sentenced to a decade in prison, and we get an update on the Philippines. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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