Voices
Why Big Tech, Cops, and Spies Were Made for One Another
The American surveillance state is a public-private partnership.
Technology
Israel Warns Palestinians on Facebook — but Bombings Decimated Gaza Internet Access
During a war, when access to the internet could save lives, Palestinians are struggling to reach the outside world and each other.
TikTok, Instagram Target Outlet Covering Israel–Palestine Amid Siege on Gaza
Periods of Israeli–Palestinian violence have regularly resulted in the corporate suppression of Palestinian social media users.
New Group Attacking iPhone Encryption Backed by U.S. Political Dark-Money Network
A new, well-funded pressure group is fighting to get Apple to weaken iPhone privacy protections in the name of catching child predators.
Pentagon’s Budget Is So Bloated That It Needs an AI Program to Navigate It
Codenamed GAMECHANGER, an AI program helps the military make sense of its own “byzantine” and “tedious” bureaucracy.
New York Times Doesn’t Want Its Stories Archived
The Times blocked a bot that had given the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine huge troves of websites.
Tech Companies and Governments Are Censoring the Journalist Collective DDoSecrets
X and Reddit prevent users from sharing links to Distributed Denial of Secrets. Russia and Indonesia are also blocking access.
Vice Pulled a Documentary Critical of Saudi Arabia. But Here It Is.
Vice’s hard-nosed coverage on Saudi Arabia changed after investment deals with the repressive kingdom. A deleted documentary is not completely gone, however.
U.S. Spy Agency Dreams of Surveillance Underwear It’s Calling “SMART ePANTS”
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is throwing $22 million in taxpayer money at developing clothing that records audio, video, and location data.
Meta Overhauls Controversial “Dangerous Organizations” Censorship Policy
In an internal update obtained by The Intercept, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company admits its rules stifled legitimate political speech.