Digital Government
Facebook's VPN App Pulled From Apple Store For Privacy Violations
Onavo Protect can't protect you from Facebook.
Digital Government
Welcome to the Age of Privacy Nihilism
Google and Facebook are easy scapegoats, but companies have been collecting, selling, and reusing your personal data for decades, and now that the public has finally noticed, it’s too late. The personal-data privacy war is long over, and you lost.
Ideas
Key Areas Governments Can Benefit from Social Media
Real-time communications with citizens are just one of the advantages of a social media plan.
People
Are federal agencies doing enough with social media?
Despite federal agencies' increasing use of social media use, many employees believe their organizations could improve.
Artificial Intelligence
Facebook Is Dipping its Toe Into Medical AI Research
Facebook’s project could make MRIs more efficient.
Digital Government
The U.S. Government Wants to Wiretap Facebook Messenger in an MS-13 Case
The government and tech companies have for years been at odds over privacy considerations.
Emerging Tech
Senators Urge Tech and Social Media Companies to Block 3D Printed Gun Files
Will the tech giants step in?
Digital Government
Microsoft Threatened to Stop Hosting the Alt-Right’s Favorite Social Network
The company didn't want to host language that could incite violence.
Digital Government
Social media use is booming in Congress. That has implications for the rest of government
With practically every member of Congress now on at least one social media platform, it’s easier than ever to reach legislators and influence their decision-making.
Digital Government
Wikipedia, the Last Bastion of Shared Reality
The culture wars are coming for the best utopian project of the early internet. Can it survive the informational anarchy that’s disrupted the rest of media?
Digital Government
Cloud-Based Mapping Could Play a Bigger Role in Disaster Response This Hurricane Season
Localities are using maps to visualize hazards, process damage imagery and crowdsource flood information.
Cybersecurity
The Government Needs Better Data to Stop Election Meddling
Tech companies must be more forthcoming as misinformation campaigns ramp up before the midterm elections, internet researchers said.
Cybersecurity
Facebook uncovers the next online election influence campaign
The social media giant has revealed what it believes to be a coordinated effort by unknown parties using its platform to influence the outcome of the 2018 elections.
Emerging Tech
Satellite Imagery + Social Media = A New Way to Spot Emerging Nuclear Threats
A research team is training computers to find and fuse clues from wildly different rivers of digital data.
Emerging Tech
Facebook’s Fight Against Bad Content Is a Mess
The company has been saying for a while that misinformation doesn’t intrinsically violate the platform’s standards.
Emerging Tech
The Elon Musk Impersonators of the Internet
For cryptocurrency scammers, imitation is the sincerest form of fraud.
Digital Government
Mark Zuckerberg Keeps Forgetting About Humans
His consistent use of computer programming jargon reveals a lot about his leadership approach.
Digital Government
Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter Unite to Make More Portable Data
The tech companies are joining forces to allow users to download and transfer data more easily.
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