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 )

Hacked Sony Emails Show Major Democrat-Turned-Lobbyist Urging Support for Republicans

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 19, 2015 As head of the lobbying group Motion Picture Association of America, Chris Dodd—a former Democratic senator and self-styled champion for working families—advised film executives to financially support Republican campaigns for election to Congress. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks Releases All Documents in Sony Hacking Scandal

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 17, 2015 WikiLeaks has made all the Sony data from last year’s hacking scandal “fully searchable” with a Google-style search engine, providing much easier access to the stolen information, which Wikileaks says sheds light on cooperation between government agencies and entertainers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Media Dangerously Regurgitated Government Claims About North Korea and Sony

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 2, 2015 By reflexively and uncritically repeating the Obama administration's unsubstantiated claim that North Korea was behind the hack of Sony Pictures, the U.S. establishment press once again revealed itself to be a mouthpiece for -- rather than a check on -- power, and thus a danger to public security, Glenn Greenwald writes at The Intercept. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hollywood Hacks

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Critics

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Thanks, Kim Jong Un

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The Sony Hack Revealed How Hollywood Fails Us All

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Dec 26, 2014 Whether or not North Korea was really behind the devastating Sony hack, and whether or not the U.S. government orchestrated North Korea's Internet outage in retaliation, one thing is clear: The incident has exposed Hollywood's serious race problem yet again. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why Kim Jong Un Was Really Afraid of ‘The Interview’

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 26, 2014 There has been a lot of blaming the victim in the commentary on Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s controversial film “The Interview.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Dear Leader 2

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Dec 24, 2014 Now that Sony has caved to cyberterrorist demands, let’s see what movie they’ve chosen to run in place of The Interview. Dig deeper

Is the NSA Responsible for North Korea’s Hack of Sony Pictures?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 23, 2014 In all the discussions of what is alleged to be North Korea’s horrible cybervandalism against Sony Pictures, I haven’t seen anyone bring up a key issue: The National Security Agency has been for two decades a powerful behind-the-scenes lobby for weak Internet encryption and privacy protocols. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sony Pictures

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