Zuckerberg Just Revealed Facebook’s 7-Point Plan to Censor “Fake News” and It’s Chilling

Zuckerberg Just Revealed Facebook’s 7-Point Plan to Censor “Fake News” and It’s Chilling

Until corporate media and the neoliberal establishment refused to acknowledge their direct role in the election of Donald Trump and threw a temper-tantrum about misinformation on social media to scapegoat blame, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg balked at the notion faulty reports circulating on social media had anything at all to do with the November 8th…

Freedom of Expression: Google and Facebook Targeting Growing Influence of Alternative Media?

Freedom of Expression: Google and Facebook Targeting Growing Influence of Alternative Media?

Alternative online media sites are gaining popularity at the expense of unreliable mainstream sources of news, information and analysis – notably during the  US presidential election coverage, concluded last week, along with every time America goes to war. The Mainstream Media suppress what everyone needs to know. Their readership and viewership are declining. Google and…

Hide from Facial Recognition Systems with Cheap Eyeglasses

Hide from Facial Recognition Systems with Cheap Eyeglasses

Getting into the Witness Protection Program is one relatively sure way to hide your true identity, but the price of admission is pretty high and often dangerous. Hiding your identity is even tougher now that facial recognition software is becoming common (thanks, Facebook!), surveillance is becoming universal and the FBI and other organizations are building…

Tech Giants’ Artificial Intelligence Monopoly Possibly the Most Dangerous in History

Tech Giants’ Artificial Intelligence Monopoly Possibly the Most Dangerous in History

In a race to corner the artificial intelligence market, the world’s largest tech companies are in a frenzy to buy out smaller AI companies at an alarming rate, heading toward what could potentially be the most dangerous monopoly in history. According to a report by CB Insights updated on October 7, close to 140 private artificial…

Israeli Firm Selling Spy Tech Capable of Hacking WhatsApp Encrypted Chats

Israeli Firm Selling Spy Tech Capable of Hacking WhatsApp Encrypted Chats

An Israeli company is marketing what appears to be an astonishing surveillance capability, claiming it can siphon off all WhatsApp chats, including encrypted communications, from phones within close proximity of a hidden Wi-Fi hacking device in a backpack. Brochures leaked to FORBES, and published below, revealed a non-public offering from Haifa-based Wintego called CatchApp. It promises an “unprecedented capability” to break through…

Playing Algorithm’n Blues

Playing Algorithm’n Blues

We all live in the Age of the Algorithm. So here’s a story that not only encapsulates the age, but dwells on how the algorithm obsession can go horribly wrong. It all started when Facebook censored the iconic photo of «napalm girl» Kim Phuch, which became a symbol of the Vietnam War recognized all over…