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Focus Tag: Security
A Cyberattack Illuminates the Shaky State of Student Privacy | The New York Times
by Natasha Singer
August 10, 2022
At a moment when education technology firms are stockpiling sensitive information on millions of school children, safeguards for student data…
Private security groups regularly sent Minnesota police misinformation about protestors | MIT Technology Review
by Tate Ryan-Mosley and Sam Richards
July 7, 2022
When US marshals shot and killed a 32-year-old Black man named Winston Boogie Smith Jr. in a parking garage in…
Combatting Online Harms Through Innovation | Federal Trade Commission
by Federal Trade Commissionon
June 22, 2022
Our mission is protecting consumers and competition by preventing anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices through law enforcement, advocacy, and…
Disinformation board to tackle Russia, migrant smugglers | The Washington Post
by Amanda Seitz
April 28, 2022
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up an effort to counter disinformation coming from Russia as well…
Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You | The Markup
by Surya Mattu and Colin Lecher
April 28, 2022
For millions of prospective college students, applying online for federal financial aid has also meant sharing personal data with Facebook,…
Facebook may crack down on Russian government accounts to fight disinformation | Engadget
by K.Bell
April 7, 2022
Facebook says it’s eyeing new ways to limit the influence of official Russian government accounts as it sees a surge…
Documenting and Debunking Dubious Footage from Ukraine’s Frontlines | Bellingcat
by Bellingcat and Glib Dreger
February 24, 2022
As Russia's military escalation in and around Ukraine continues apace, a number of questionable videos and claims have appeared on…
Google Maps Live Traffic Showed the Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Motherboard
by Aaron Gordon and Matthew gault
February 24, 2022
At 3:15 AM local time, Jeffrey Lewis, an open source intelligence (OSINT) expert and professor at Middlebury Institute, saw a…
The danger is still on our devices | Columbia Journalism Review
by Jon Allsop
February 10, 2022
Last month, Calcalist, a business newspaper in Israel, reported that police in the country had used Pegasus, a potent spyware…