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Privacy Advocates Warn of Potential Surveillance Through Listening Devices Like Amazon Echo, Google Home
Privacy experts are keeping a close watch on the case of a Arkansas man who was charged with murder after prosecutors obtained a warrant to receive data from his …
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$1 of Every $2 Spent Online Goes to Amazon. Can We Break the Company’s Stranglehold?
In half the US states, Amazon generates billions of dollars in sales without employing a single person.
By Making Palestinian Villages Invisible, Google and Apple Maps Facilitate Their Demolition
Omission of long-standing Palestinian villages from maps gives Israel the power to expand its illegal settlements.
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Muslims Waste No Time Building Opposition to Trump’s Proposed Registry
Muslim activists are working to block Trump's long-standing pledge to crack down on their community.
Digital Redlining: How Internet Service Providers Promote Poverty
Trump has threatened to raze recent FCC decisions on net neutrality and its associated privacy regulations.
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FBI Gains New Hacking Powers While GOP Congress Sits on Sidelines
The FBI is now allowed to hack into computers anywhere in the world using only a single warrant.
The Era of Post-Truth Politics Is the Failure to Adapt to the Digital Age
The question is, if we now live in a post-truth democracy, what does this say about the very idea we live in such a democracy?
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Palestinian Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley Ask PayPal to Level the Playing Field
Living here in Silicon Valley, it is hard to imagine life in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
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Surveillance Isn’t Colorblind
Rapidly developing technology exposes communities of color to near-constant surveillance and over-policing.
Did Companies and Countries Buy State Department Access by Donating to Clinton Foundation?
Newly released State Department emails include exchanges between top members of the Clinton Foundation and Clinton's top State Department advisers.