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Forget a Ban – Why Are Journalists Using TikTok in the First Place?

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The TikTok logo displayed on a laptop screen with a glowing keyboard in Krakow, Poland, on...
The TikTok logo displayed on a laptop screen with a glowing keyboard in Krakow, Poland, on March 3, 2024. Photo: Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images As far as I know, there are no laws against eating broken glass. You’re free to doomscroll through your cabinets, smash your favorite water cup, then scarf down t...
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The Crimes of SEAL Team 6 (2017)

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Officially known as the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, SEAL Team 6 is today the most...
Officially known as the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, SEAL Team 6 is today the most celebrated of the U.S. military’s special mission units. But hidden behind the heroic narratives is a darker, more troubling story of “revenge ops,” unjustified killings, mutilations, and other atrocities — a pattern of cr...
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Elon Musk Is Profiting Off Government Surveillance

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Ten years ago, the internet platform X, then known as Twitter, filed a lawsuit against the...
Ten years ago, the internet platform X, then known as Twitter, filed a lawsuit against the government it hoped would force transparency around abuse-prone surveillance of social media users. X’s court battle, though, clashes with an uncomfortable fact: The company is itself in the business of government surveillance...
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Honduras Ratchets Up Battle with Crypto-Libertarian Investors

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A group of prominent international economists is applauding the recent move by Honduran President Xiomara Castro...
A group of prominent international economists is applauding the recent move by Honduran President Xiomara Castro to push back against American crypto investors attempting to seize billions in public money from the Central American nation. The crypto crew is exploiting a dispute mechanism nested inside the World Bank...
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A Real Social Security Office Gave Me a Flyer with Scam Phone Number on It

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“We need to let you know you have been selected for $100 in rewards.” It was...
“We need to let you know you have been selected for $100 in rewards.” It was a cheery automated message, not what I expected when I called the number for the Social Security Administration’s primary office in Manhattan. The message went on: “Simply press 1 now to be connected to a live agent and claim your gift toda...
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U.S. Intelligence Says TikTok Is a Threat – But Only in Theory

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The purported threat of TikTok to U.S. national security has inflated into a hysteria of Chinese...
The purported threat of TikTok to U.S. national security has inflated into a hysteria of Chinese spy balloon proportions, but the official record tells a different story: U.S. intelligence has produced no evidence that the popular social media site has ever coordinated with Beijing. That fact hasn’t stopped many in ...
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The Feds Are Coming for "Extremist" Gamers

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Gaming companies are coordinating with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to root out so-called...
Gaming companies are coordinating with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to root out so-called domestic violent extremist content, according to a new government report. Noting that mechanisms have been established with social media companies to police extremism, the report recommends that the national secu...
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Ephemeral usernames safeguard privacy and make Signal harder to subpoena

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In October 2021, an assistant U.S. attorney issued a subpoena to Signal demanding that the messaging...
In October 2021, an assistant U.S. attorney issued a subpoena to Signal demanding that the messaging app hand over information about one of its users. Based on a phone number, the federal prosecutors were asking for the user’s name, address, correspondence, contacts, groups, and call records to assist with an FBI in...
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CNN leak shows internal distress about double standards on Israel coverage

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CNN employees, including the renowned international news anchor Christiane Amanpour, confronted network executives over what the...
CNN employees, including the renowned international news anchor Christiane Amanpour, confronted network executives over what the staffers described as myriad leadership failings in coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to a leaked recording of a recent all-hands meeting obtained by The Intercept. In the hourlo...
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The New York Times October 7 Exposé

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Anat Schwartz had a problem. The Israeli filmmaker and former air force intelligence official had been...
Anat Schwartz had a problem. The Israeli filmmaker and former air force intelligence official had been assigned by the New York Times to work with her nephew Adam Sella and veteran Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman on an investigation into sexual violence by Hamas on October 7 that could reshape the way the world und...
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Alabama Court Rules Frozen Embryos Made by IVF Are "Children"

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An embryologist prepares some eggs for thawing on Nov. 11, 2014, in Rockville, M.D. The Washington...
An embryologist prepares some eggs for thawing on Nov. 11, 2014, in Rockville, M.D. The Washington Post via Getty Images In a ruling that reads more like a theocrat’s sermon, the Alabama Supreme Court on Friday decided that frozen embryos — those created through in vitro fertilization — count as “children” under the...
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Facebook Engineers: We Have No Idea Where We Keep All Your Personal Data

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OpenAI Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for "Military and Warfare"

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Israeli group claims it’s using back channels to censor “inflammatory” content

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