Recently liberated documents exposed the FBI has for years secretly challenged vast amounts of Americans’ customer and financial information from the largest U.S. credit agencies. The FBI regularly uses these legal powers — known as national protection letters — to compel credit giants to turn over non-content information, such as …
Read More »NSA improperly collected Americans’ phone records for a second time, documents reveal
Newly released documents disclose the National Security Agency improperly compiled Americans’ call records for a second time, only months after the agency was forced to purge hundreds of millions of collected calls and text records it unlawfully obtained. The document, obtained by the American Civil Autonomy Union, shows the NSA …
Read More »Sean Parker’s Brigade/Causes acquired by govtech app Countable
Causes grew to a jawdropping 186 million consumers as one of the first 10 Facebook platform apps. Started by Facebook co-founder Sean Parker, it was meant to turn a generation into activists and donors. Induces acquired Votizen to augment shallow clicktivism with a style to remind friends to election. But …
Read More »John Oliver is erased from Chinese internet following segment on China
HBO’s Last Week Tonight has led to some drastic measures in China. After an episode aired on June 17th, the Chinese government is now trying to erase all signs of John Oliver on the internet. The show had a 20-minute segment on Xi Jinping and the Chinese government. In particular, …
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