Quincy Jones Knows Why Hillary Clinton Is So Disliked

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Feb 8, 2018 In a wide-ranging, unfiltered interview with Vulture, the music legend discusses his relationships with the Clintons and the Trumps and more. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How Our Worlds Are Decided for Us From Behind the Computational Curtain

By John Cheney-Lippold May 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 )

Tech, Social Media Giants Create Task Force to Identify and Delete Online Terrorist Content

BLANK Dec 7, 2016 YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft have announced they will create a database—accessible by only the four companies—that shares "online terrorist content" deleted from their respective sites. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Twitter Says ‘No’ to Helping Build Muslim Registry

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Dec 3, 2016 The Intercept reached out to nine tech companies, including Facebook, to see where they stand on helping the Trump administration track Muslims. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

AT&T, Time Warner and the Death of Privacy

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 27, 2016 Where you go, what you watch, with whom you speak, all your internet searches, gathered and "vertically integrated," sold to police and perhaps to corporate customers -- this is our future, unless we stop this merger. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What’s the Secret to Bill Gates’ Incredible Private Wealth?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2016 "[I]magine a world where everyone could make as many copies as they liked of Windows, Microsoft's Office Suite and any other software at no cost," writes economist Dean Baker. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Profiting From Misery: Are Human Rights Abuses Powering Your Smartphone?

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Jan 20, 2016 An Amnesty International and Africa Resources Watch report traces the sale of cobalt, used in batteries for cellphones and electric cars, from mines where children work in "perilous conditions." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

2015 in Review: Amid the Gloom Covering Our Planet, Some Rays of Light

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 22, 2015 On the winter solstice, a Truthdig review of the year's environmental stories finds cause for hope in our poison-riddled world. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Top Tech Companies Get Failing Grade on Privacy Rights

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 4, 2015 The most comprehensive assessment to date of the user agreement policies of Facebook, Google and Microsoft says the world’s top tech companies are failing when it comes to privacy and freedom of expression. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Can Apple, Google and Facebook Save Us From Big Brother?

Thor Benson / Truthdig Sep 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 )

Boycott, Divest and Sanction Corporations That Feed on Prisons

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 6, 2015 The companies that cruelly exploit prisoners will get the message only if it is delivered in the form of a sustained, nationwide economic action. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Microsoft Is Going to Fill the World With Holograms

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 22, 2015 Drawing inspiration from the stuff of fantasy, Microsoft has announced plans to release a new platform and "augmented reality visor" that will fill your world with videos, images and three-dimensional objects. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )