Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigMay 13, 2016
Charges that workers at the social media giant manipulated story choices should deeply concern its users.
Charges that workers at the social media giant manipulated story choices should deeply concern its users. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 27, 2016
The wunderkind of Silicon Valley who co-founded Facebook and amassed roughly a gabillion dollars in personal wealth is now being hailed as a new giant of American altruism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Paul Buchheit / Common DreamsDec 7, 2015
There are so many candidates. But the people included here stand out in their various areas of nefarious behavior: war-making, tax avoidance, consumer gouging, environmental destruction, and criminal arrogance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigDec 2, 2015
He and his wife have announced their intention to give 99 percent of their Facebook shares to charitable causes over the duration of their lives. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Thor Benson / TruthdigSep 11, 2015
The big tech companies have the resources to launch a campaign for privacy that could change the world. As one scholar and researcher has written, “They may be our best chance out of this surveillance mess.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Carrie Rickey / TruthdigMay 18, 2015
In the spirit of cautionary prophesies such as “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Demon Seed,” “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” and “Her,” Alex Garland’s provocative film raises questions of gender, ethics and existentialism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJun 14, 2014
The former vice president recently told a tech industry conference when "95 percent of all the additional national income in the U.S., since the recovery began in ’09, goes to the top 1 percent, that's not an Occupy Wall Street slogan, that's a fact." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigApr 2, 2014
Facebook's planned drone program competes with Google's Project Loon for global dominance in the race to make the Internet available to all earthlings. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 14, 2014
Because when you're the 20-something bajillionaire CEO of Facebook, you can do this kind of thing: Mark Zuckerberg revealed, via a post on the social networking site he built, of course, that he called President Obama to air his grievances about the government's privacy issues. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 22, 2014
"If the national Republican Party stops being a home for theocrats, war-mongerers, and xenophobic white men and drifts closer to a small-government, libertarian worldview that eventually makes peace with immigration, LGBT rights and abortion, it might gain traction in affluent, secular, and largely non-white San Francisco," a contributor at The Bold Italic writes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 25, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including President Obama naming a new SEC head and Joe Biden dispensing some interesting earthquake advice during a Google+ "Fireside Hangout." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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