Dell Cameron

9/15/21

Lawmakers Ask Zuckerberg to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' After Report Says App Made Kids Suicidal

A separate group of Senators is also launching an investigation into Instagram claiming it's working with a…

9/10/21

Apple Fires Program Manager Who Accused Bosses of Harassment, Intimidation

Apple accused Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program manager, of leaking "confidential" information without…

9/9/21

Hacker Lawyer Jay Leiderman Is Dead at 50

Leiderman's rebellious lawyering made him a go-to attorney for Anonymous hackers.

9/8/21

Cyberattack Halts Lessons at Howard University

In-person classes resumed, but online and hybrid courses remain offline—for now.

9/3/21

Apple Accused of Retaliation After Workers Spoke Out on Pay, Harassment

The U.S. labor agency is investigating claims filed by two Apple employees.

9/2/21

Elon Musk Backs Texas Abortion Ban, Claims Governor, to No Objection

"Elon consistently tells me he likes the social policies in the state of Texas," Abbot said.

9/1/21

Billionaire OxyContin Pushers Granted Immunity; Half a Million People Still Dead

Purdue Pharma's Sackler family must pay more than $4 billion as part of the settlement, which also dissolves the…

8/23/21

News-Illiterate Cops Order Air Hunt for 'Antifa' Citing Neo-Nazi Rumors That Triggered Armed Mobs

Police display a shocking lack of “basic news and social media information literacy.”

8/19/21

OnlyFans Reveals How Often Police Demand User Data (Sort Of)

OnlyFans' first transparency report is light on specifics and a little difficult to parse.

8/19/21

FTC Refiles Historic Antitrust Lawsuit as Facebook Tries to Bury the News With Shiny Things

The FTC has refiled its antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, arguing that no other social media company "remotely…

8/18/21

Trump-Pardoned Editor Charged (Again) With Breaking Into Wife's Facebook, Gmail

"We will not accept presidential pardons as get-out-of-jail-free cards..."

8/18/21

U.S. Officials Rush to Delete Online Pics of Afghan Allies

The U.S. withdrawal has given rise to fears of retaliation by the new Taliban government

8/13/21

Researchers: Instagram 'Bullied' Us Into Halting Algorithmic Research

For the second week in a row, Facebook killed a project meant to shed light on its practices.

8/13/21

Good Luck to the Judge Who Sealed a Ballot Machine Vulnerability Report in Georgia

The hidden report is a wet dream for election conspiracy theorists.

8/11/21

Tucker Carlson Will Vilify NSA's Watchdog No Matter What It Finds

A vast conspiracy to kill Carlson's career reads like fiction, but he's unlikely to admit he was wrong.

8/6/21

Facebook Killed Research Into Capitol Riot to Protect Itself—Not Users

The FTC fired back (sort of) but plans to take no further action.

8/4/21

Facebook Bans Vaccine Hoax Researchers, Blames FTC

Facebook's attempt to invoke "privacy" appears entirely bogus.

8/3/21

Billions of Dollars Later, the U.S. Government Remains as Hackable as Ever

The U.S. has poured billions into protecting federal agencies with little to show.

7/30/21

Amazon to Appeal Record $886 Million Fine Over Advertising Practices

Amazon could pay roughly 4% of its 2020 net income over the violation, but the company disputes the regulator's…

7/29/21

Corporate America Is Building Its Own Surveillance State. Will the FTC Stop It?

As democratic nations fight for privacy, Americans seem ever uniquely screwed over by theirs.

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