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.
Digital Government
The Resume of the Future Will Tell Employers Who You Are, And Not Just What You’ve Done
Currently, Resumes force job seekers to contort their work and life history into corporately acceptable versions of their actual selves.
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
Lawmakers Question FBI’s Push for Backdoors in Encrypted Devices
They also push a wave of privacy bills post-Facebook’s Hill visit.
Policy
How Lawmakers Want to Rein in Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg's marathon testimony foreshadowed that regulations are coming.
Digital Government
The Most Important Exchange of the Zuckerberg Hearing
The Facebook CEO’s defense of data collection is slipperier than it seems.
Digital Government
Bots Share the Majority of Links on Twitter
Do you really know who you're retweeting?
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
How to Find Out If Your Facebook Data Was Used by Cambridge Analytica
More than 70 million Americans were affected.
Digital Government
“Why Am I Seeing This Ad” Explanations on Facebook Are Incomplete and Misleading, a Study Says
Some of the answers are vague at best.
Emerging Tech
FDA Wants Tech Companies To Help Shut Down Opioid Sales
The agency believes that tech companies aren't doing enough to combat online drug sales.
Digital Government
How the Government Could Fix Facebook
After years of allowing the world’s largest social network to police itself, Congress and federal regulators are discussing some promising reforms.
Digital Government
Facebook Is Changing the Way it Handles Your Data—Here’s How
It’s the largest set of changes to Facebook’s terms of service in years.
Digital Government
The Cambridge Analytica Scandal Affected Nearly 40 million More People Than We Thought
The revelation was buried deep in a lengthy update from Facebook today.
Cybersecurity
Facebook Just Took Down 270 Accounts and Pages Run By Russia’s Infamous Troll Factory
This time, their meddling was directed at Russian citizens.
Emerging Tech
Mark Zuckerberg Floated a “Supreme Court” for Facebook. What Does That Mean?
In many ways, Facebook is more like a government than a company, Zuckerberg claims.
Digital Government
Social Media Screening Won’t Slow Down the Visa Process, State Department Says
The department wants to screen five years of social media and email from all visa applicants but doesn’t expect longer processing time “for most visa cases.”
Digital Government