Many are aware Meta--the company now formerly known as Facebook--is a refuge for white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and foreign trolls.
But human traffickers?
Among the complaints former Facebook employee, whistleblower Frances Haugen, filed with the Securities and...
Is anyone surprised Russian hackers appear responsible for the worst US government cyber attack in history?
Is anyone surprised Donald Trump is downplaying it?
Last week news broke about suspected Russian government hackers infiltrating computer systems for...
We've been stuck at home a lot this year.
Maybe you've been working at your Netflix list.
Perhaps you've discovered The Mandalorian on Disney+.
Quarantines, lockdowns, and general anxiety about going out in public have been boons to streaming media companies.
So...
Believe it or not, there was a time when giant corporate behemoths like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple simply would not be able to exist.
In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed the Sherman Antitrust Act into...
88.
That number may not mean much to us social justice warriors.
But it means a lot to white supremacists.
The letter "H" is the eighth letter of the alphabet.
Two H's together--"HH"--are shorthand for "Heil Hitler."
But that's too...
If education is supposed to be the great equalizer, what is to become of it when wealthy corporations exploit the coronavirus for profit potential?
Two months ago, American students were halfway through their third of four...
Last year, news broke about evidence confirming Russian buyers used Facebook advertising as propaganda leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
In response, Facebook presented Congress 3,000 Russian-purchased ads through 470 phony pages and accounts intended to exploit America’s racial divisions.
Facebook said at least...
Last year, news broke about evidence confirming Russian buyers used Facebook advertising as propaganda leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
In response, Facebook presented Congress 3,000 Russian-purchased ads through 470 phony pages and accounts intended to exploit America’s racial divisions.
Facebook said at least...
Last year, news broke about evidence confirming Russian buyers used Facebook advertising as propaganda leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
In response, Facebook presented Congress 3,000 Russian-purchased ads through 470 phony pages and accounts intended to exploit America’s racial divisions.
Facebook said...
Do you have an Ancestry.com or 23andMe account?
If so, you know it can evince a web of close and distant relatives you never knew you had.
Using DNA gleaned from saliva samples, test kits break down...
In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt acquired the sobriquet "trust buster" after relying on the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act to break up the Northern Securities Company monopoly dominating railroad routes from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest.
Massachusetts senator...
By now, it's common knowledge Russia penetrated several states’ voter rolls during the 2016 election.
Since then, concerns grew over the 2018 mid-term elections, which, according to intelligence data, were just as susceptible to foreign influence as...
On December 14 of last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted three to two along party lines to repeal regulations protecting the free and open internet, known as net neutrality.
This means Internet Service Providers (ISP) are now legally permitted...
The Russians are not coming.
They are already here.
Weeks ago, Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, warned that almost two decades since the September 11, 2001 attacks, “warning lights are blinking red again” for a devastating cyber assault on critical U.S....
Last week, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, a member of the Armed Services subcommittee on cybersecurity, informed the Tampa Bay Times before a campaign event in Tampa that Russia has already successfully hacked election systems in his state.
Nelson's announcement naturally prompted consternation and...
Is it happening?
Weeks after Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, warned that almost two decades since the September 11, 2001 attacks, “warning lights are blinking red again” for a devastating cyber assault on critical U.S. infrastructure, and six months after Department of...
Two weeks ago, Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, warned that almost two decades after the September 11, 2001 attacks, “warning lights are blinking red again” for a devastating cyber assault on critical U.S. infrastructure.
Six months ago, Department of Homeland Security...
Could things get any more Orwellian?
First former press secretary Sean Spicer told us Donald Trump's inauguration produced “the largest audience ever to witness an inauguration," in spite of facts proving the contrary.
Then came the attacks...
Russian meddling in our elections is bad enough.
But if groups of tech-savvy government mandarins are able to infiltrate our social media to disseminate propaganda and disinformation, they are capable of going further.
How about messing with...
Exactly six months before 2018 mid-term elections, the White House has eliminated from the National Security Council an integral position charged with developing policy to defend the United States against cyber warfare and cyber election hacking.
National Security...
