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If Musk Starts Firing Twitter’s Security Team, Run
Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion after the least sexy will-they-won’t-they saga of all time. And while Musk…
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Meta’s VR Headset Harvests Personal Data Right Off Your Face
In November 2021, Facebook announced it would delete face recognition data extracted from images of more than 1 billion people…
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How to Protect Yourself If Your School Uses Surveillance Tech
Pfefferkorn also encourages asking your school to perform an audit of its monitoring software, which could reveal what kind of…
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Meta Rethinks the Philosophy of the Facebook Feed
When I tell Facebook I want to see more or less of something, does that mean I’m telling it, for…
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A Danish City Built Google Into Its Schools—Then Banned It
Some children could adapt better without them than others. Throughout his career in education, Pederson has never heard a single…
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The US and EU are Teaming Up to Contain Big Tech
Are there areas where you think there can be more collaboration among regulators? We work very closely with our US…
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The Twitter Whistleblower’s Testimony Has Senators Out for Blood
Many of Silicon Valley’s fiercest watchdogs on Capitol Hill are now snarling. Yesterday’s arresting testimony by Twitter’s former security chief,…
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How Whistleblowers Navigate a Security Minefield
Initial contact is just the start. Beyond this—once Whistleblower Aid has signed on clients—it recommends using Signal for most messaging.…
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The FTC Is Closing In on Runaway AI
The US regulator is eager to end unfair use of artificial intelligence and commercial surveillance, but experts remain skeptical. Source…
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Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger’s End-to-End Encryption
A Nebraska woman and her 17-year-old daughter are facing felony and misdemeanor charges related to allegedly performing an abortion after…
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