October 25, 2018 Amazon met with ICE officials over facial-recognition system to identify immigrants Amazon pitched its facial-recognition system to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials this summer as a way for the agency to target or identify immigrants, according to newly disclosed emails released this week.
October 24, 2018 Tim Cook blasts Silicon Valley over privacy concerns, says data is being 'weaponized against us' Apple CEO Tim Cook directed some scathing remarks toward his Silicon Valley competitors at a data privacy conference in Brussels on Wednesday, calling for new privacy laws in the U.S., similar to those enacted by the E.U. earlier this year.
October 23, 2018 YouTube CEO says EU ‘meme ban’ threatens millions YouTube issued a forceful warning about the European Union's controversial new copyright legislation.
October 18, 2018 In Facebook's effort to fight fake news, human fact-checkers struggle to keep up At Facebook Inc. headquarters in Silicon Valley this week, engineers and researchers huddled around computers in a newly configured “war room” to fight misinformation ahead of the midterms. Almost 3,000 miles away, in Philadelphia, the fact-checkers hired to be on the front lines haven’t received fresh marching orders.
October 18, 2018 450 Amazon employees protest facial recognition software being sold to police A group of 450 Amazon employees has signed a letter protesting the company's decision to sell its facial recognition software to police with one choosing to publish an anonymous op-ed explaining their concerns.
October 17, 2018 Gutfeld on Google’s cowardice So while Google kills contracts that help our nation's defenses, opting instead to help China's artificial intelligence -- Amazon puts America first.
October 17, 2018 Twitter's release of 10 million Russian, Iranian influence campaign tweets shows US vulnerability Twitter released on Wednesday an archive of more than 10 million tweets originating in Russia and Iran, demonstrating efforts to capitalize on existing American vulnerabilities by targeting both ends of the political spectrum and sowing division.
October 17, 2018 Facebook to ban voting misinformation as midterm elections approach Facebook is cracking down on efforts to prevent voter suppression with the midterms less than a month away.
October 16, 2018 Former Facebook engineer who railed against liberal culture explains why he quit A former senior Facebook engineer who wrote a memo earlier this year decrying the social media giant's "political monoculture" told ӣƵ Tuesday night that the company has a "vocal minority" intent on implementing "social justice policies across our mission."