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A woman checks her phone as she shelters under an umbrella in the rain on Oxford Street in London on June 18, 2020, as some non-essential retailers reopen from their coronavirus shutdown.

The concentrated power of Big Tech over the digital world is not just an economic question, but one of human ...

People in front of a screen displaying Microsoft

Microsoft and Privacy Policies: Never-Ending Tale?

2019/08/19

Web browser Microsoft Edge sends unencrypted URLs of webpages users visit to Microsoft, opening up questions about the commitment that ...

participants of an artificial intelligence conference

Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Democratic Governance

by Birgit Schippers

2019/04/09

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Artificial intelligence poses serious threats to democratic politics, democratic institutions, and our capacity and right to engage freely in democratic ...

Facial recognition systems are being used to speed the boarding process at Dulles International Airport and may eventually eliminate the need for a board pass

Facial Recognition Systems are Booming – and so Should Our Concerns

by William Michael Carter

2019/03/31

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Our face is in many ways like our fingerprints, unique and indelible. However, in facial recognition systems, our face is ...

Facebook recently celebrated it fifteenth anniversary

Facebook’s Anniversary: Fifteen Years Since User Data Became Commodity

by Ivan Manokha

2019/03/12

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Facebook has recently reached another milestone. It marks fifteen years of not just a tool that has revolutionized communication, but ...

Taylor Swift at the 58th Grammy Awards in LA, 2016

Taylor Swift’s Facial Recognition is Creepy but Would New US Privacy Laws Prevent It?

by Eerke Boiten

2019/01/01

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Taylor Swift used covert facial recognition technology to identify known stalkers at her concerts. There is no hint that she ...

Indian Government Under Fire After Controversial New Surveillance Order

by Gowhar Geelani

2019/01/03

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India's federal government has come under fire after issuing a controversial order granting itself sweeping surveillance powers.

A men surfing the internet on his laptop

Vietnam’s Law on Storing Online Data in the Country Compromises Privacy

by Siraj Shaikh

2018/12/06

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The Vietnamese government approved a law that insists on Google and Facebook to store users' data in the country. While ...

A men looking at his computer screen saying 'voyeurs are watching you'

VPNs are Powerful but Risky. Get an App You Can Trust and Forget the Free Ones

by Dorothy Denning

2018/12/04

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VPNs are worthwhile for browsing the Internet anonymously or circumventing censors – but only use the ones that can be ...

Trump Calls NSA Deletion of Phone Records a ‘Disgrace’

by Kyle Qualls

2018/07/03

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President Donald J. Trump accused the National Security Agency of violating the privacy of U.S. citizens with improper gathering of ...

Cambridge Analytica: Tip of the Iceberg as Deep as the Ocean

by Aram Sinnreich

2018/06/22

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Regardless of Cambridge Analytica's intentions or efficacy, its actions point to larger vulnerabilities in media and political systems that exceed ...