Cybersecurity
Twitter Is Telling All of its Users to Change Their Passwords
The passwords of every account—all 336 million of them—have been exposed in an internal log.
Modernization
GDPR and the compliance conundrum
The General Data Protection Regulation's effects already are being felt far beyond the European Union.
Digital Government
Facebook’s New Data Sharing Policies, Translated So a 13-Year-Old Can Understand
A breakdown of the biggest takeaways from Facebook’s new terms of service, including its data and privacy policies.
Emerging Tech
Singapore Airport To Use Facial Recognition To Track Lost and Late Travelers
Smile, you're on Changi Camera!
Digital Government
A Facebook Co-Founder Says Facebook Should Pay Us For Our Data
“Data is the common wealth that we’re all creating for the future century."
Digital Government
Fitbit Using Google Cloud to Make Your Data Available to Doctors
You won't be able to lie about your exercise habits anymore.
Digital Government
Despite #deleteFacebook, U.S. Users Are Logging In As Much As Ever
The development is somewhat unexpected.
Emerging Tech
Amazon Can Now Deliver Packages To Your Car
You might want to clean out your trunk before you sign up.
Digital Government
Facebook Has Revealed the Hyper-Specific Internal Rules It Uses to Police Content
The company is publishing updated “Community Standards” that spell out for users exactly what they are allowed to post, and what is forbidden.
Digital Government
The Man Who Harvested Facebook Data for Cambridge Analytica Doesn’t Think He Affected the 2016 Election
Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge University academic who created the app that helped the data analysis firm obtain the personal information of millions, finally speaks out.
Digital Government
FTC's Facebook Audit Didn't Catch Cambridge Analytica Leaks
The audit missed a lot of key information.
Digital Government
Facebook Attempts to Limit Reach of EU Privacy Law
About 1.5 billion Facebook users around the world could see some changes to their terms of service.
Artificial Intelligence
The Billion-Dollar, Alibaba-Backed AI Company That’s Quietly Watching People in China
SenseTime is one of a handful of companies at the forefront of China’s artificial intelligence boom.
Digital Government
The Dot-Coms Were Better Than Facebook
Twenty years ago, another high-profile tech executive testified before Congress. It was a more innocent time.
Policy
There's No Better Time to Pass Privacy Laws, Experts Say
Tech companies, experts argued, aren’t really going to police themselves.
Digital Government
Thousands of Apps Improperly Tracking Kids, Study Finds
Some of the apps likely violate U.S. law.
Digital Government
The Most Important Exchange of the Zuckerberg Hearing
The Facebook CEO’s defense of data collection is slipperier than it seems.
Emerging Tech
Five Things the World Finally Realizes About Facebook
The questions Mark Zuckerberg is being pressed to answer are bigger than the platform.
Emerging Tech
Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s Not Resigning
In an interview, the Facebook CEO tells The Atlantic he’s not walking away from the company, but he is looking for outside expertise.
Digital Government