‘Cesspool of Hate’ 8chan Knocked Off Web After Mass Shootings

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Aug 5, 2019 The anonymous white supremacist message board is a hotbed for violent plans, including those attributed to the alleged shooter in El Paso, Texas. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Does Wal-Mart Have to Do With the 2016 Election?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2016 With over $480 billion in total annual revenue, the U.S.' largest private employer wields immense power just in how it treats its workers at home and abroad. Their struggle for dignity and rights will continue after the last ballots are counted in November. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Google Listening Software Installed on Computers Without Consent

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 23, 2015 For a company whose governing motto has been "Don’t be evil," this move seems to confirm some of the worst fears of privacy and Internet rights activists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Zombie Cookies Will Be Killed, Company Says

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2015 Tech company Turn said it would stop using tracking cookies that are impossible to delete. The decision came in response to a recent ProPublica article that revealed the controversial practice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Zombie Cookie: The Tracking Cookie Verizon Customers Can’t Kill

Staff / Truthdig Jan 15, 2015 An online ad company called Turn is using tracking cookies that come back to life after Verizon users have deleted them. Turn’s services are used by everyone from Google to Facebook. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Does ESPN Have Room for Free Speech and ‘Monday Night Football’?

Allen Barra / Truthdig Oct 16, 2014 Popular sports commentator Bill Simmons was suspended by ESPN for violating editorial standards -- or was it because he criticized the NFL, which happens to have a $15 billion contract with the network?Popular sports commentator Bill Simmons was suspended by ESPN for violating editorial standards—or was it because he criticized the NFL, which happens to have a $15 billion contract with the network? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Open Letter on Censorship

Zuade Kaufman / Truthdig Oct 2, 2014 Google wields enormous power. It is the gatekeeper not only of what is permissible on the Internet but what is kept out. This creates equally enormous abuse. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Much of Your Data Would You Trade for a Free Cookie?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2014 In a highly unscientific but delicious experiment last weekend, 380 New Yorkers gave up sensitive personal information -- from fingerprints to partial Social Security numbers -- for a cookie. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Get Ready for the ‘Internet Slowdown’

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 4, 2014 Next Wednesday, Sept. 10, if your favorite website seems to load slowly, take a closer look: You might be experiencing the Battle for the Net's "Internet Slowdown," a global day of grass-roots action. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Intelligence Agency Targets Public Opinion With Polls, Likes, Hits and Other Social Tricks

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2014 According to a new report based on Edward Snowden leaks by the Intercept's Glenn Greenwald, Britain's GCHQ has developed a library of tools that allow the agency to aggressively manipulate the public. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Digital Cheese

Will Durst / Truthdig Jul 15, 2014 Some bloggers claim to be outraged by Facebook social experiments, but anybody not expecting to be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed and numbered is probably a big fan of the tooth fairy and still drinking juice out of a sippy cup, wearing footy pajamas. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Is Already Messing Up Journalism

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 3, 2014 A BBC editor says his 2007 blog on the financial meltdown has been effectively deleted from the Internet thanks to a European court ruling meant to protect privacy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )