Trump’s Border Security May Search Your Social Media by ‘Tone’ Trump’s Border Security May Search Your Social Media by ‘Tone’
New databases are being built for this experimental surveillance.
Aug 23, 2017 / Aaron Miguel Cantú and George Joseph
A Mark Zuckerberg Presidency Isn’t Ridiculous—It’s Terrifying A Mark Zuckerberg Presidency Isn’t Ridiculous—It’s Terrifying
The Facebook CEO destroyed privacy as we know it. Imagine what he’d do in the White House.
Aug 18, 2017 / Jake Bittle
Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington
The notorious US spy agencies invented this monster, first with the Stuxnet virus against Iran—but then they lost control over it.
Jun 30, 2017 / William Greider
Online Violence Is Eroding Our Republic Online Violence Is Eroding Our Republic
Young people on the left are afraid to be political on the Internet—and the founding fathers warned us about this.
Jun 27, 2017 / Jonathan Taplin
Trump’s FCC Has Begun Its Attack on Net Neutrality Trump’s FCC Has Begun Its Attack on Net Neutrality
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for every American.
Apr 26, 2017 / John Nichols
Republicans Just Passed a Resolution That Will Destroy Your Online Privacy Republicans Just Passed a Resolution That Will Destroy Your Online Privacy
They’ve taken away what little control we had left over how our personal information is used.
Mar 29, 2017 / Mark Weinstein
How To Fight for Your Rights and Privacy Online How To Fight for Your Rights and Privacy Online
Contact Congress, call the FCC, and stay engaged.
Mar 17, 2017 / Evan Malmgren
Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts
A new book suggests Snowden may have been a spy, but what it reveals is its author’s own duplicity.
Feb 14, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sue Halpern
Was Obama Silicon Valley’s President? Was Obama Silicon Valley’s President?
The industry pinned its hopes on him early on.
Dec 13, 2016 / Feature / Siva Vaidhyanathan
Americans Are Finding New Ways to Join the Surveillance State Americans Are Finding New Ways to Join the Surveillance State
Some of them aren’t pretty.
Nov 7, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams