Tech
Cisco Says It's Not Helping The Indian Government Enforce The Kashmiri Internet Blackout
After reports in the Indian media that it was involved, the company denied it.
Pranav Dixit
Here’s What You Need To Know About Air Purifiers And Coronavirus
Washing your hands and minimizing exposure to public spaces is a much more effective way of preventing contamination.
Jane Lytvynenko
The WeChat Messaging App Has Been Censoring Coronavirus Content Since January
The information clampdown on WeChat and YY likely made the spread of the virus worse.
Ryan Broderick
UNESCO Said It Won’t Renew A Deal With One Of The Alleged Saudi Spies At Twitter
The CEO of the Misk Initiatives Center, accused of passing personal information on anonymous Twitter users to a Saudi official, signed an agreement to place 16 trainees at the UN.
Alex Kantrowitz
Senators Are Probing Clearview AI On The Use Of Facial Recognition By Gulf States And International Markets
Following reporting from BuzzFeed News, Sen. Ed Markey slammed Clearview for its “unacceptable” responses to a prior letter and asked how its facial recognition technology might lead foreign governments to “suppress their citizens.”
Ryan Mac
Twitter Employees Show Support For Embattled CEO With #WeBackJack Hashtag
After activist investor firm Elliott Management announces it has amassed about $1 billion in shares of Twitter, employees have started to sound off.
Ryan Mac
Google Cancels I/O, Its Biggest Annual Event, Following Coronavirus Fears
Google says it will "explore other ways to evolve Google I/O" after Facebook canceled the "in-person" aspect of its F8 developer conference, and many more conferences canceled across the United States.
Alex Kantrowitz
WTF Is Happening With The Coronavirus And The Stock Market?!
"If it was easy to predict, I would be rich and so would you."
Amber Jamieson
Uber Finally Told Its Drivers What To Do About Coronavirus: Wash Their Hands
The guidelines about the outbreak were sent to drivers via a push alert Saturday.
Ryan Broderick
The Facial Recognition Company That Scraped Facebook And Instagram Photos Is Developing Surveillance Cameras
Clearview AI is operating a sister entity called Insight Camera that’s been experimenting with live facial recognition, according to documents seen by BuzzFeed News and companies that have used it.
Caroline Haskins
Clearview AI Created Accounts For The Offices Of Four Republican Lawmakers Including Trump’s Nominee For Director Of National Intelligence
The office for Rep. John Ratcliffe had access to use Clearview AI’s facial recognition, but never logged in or ran searches.
Caroline Haskins
Ride-Hail And Delivery Apps Like Uber And Postmates Are Tight-Lipped About What They'll Do When The Coronavirus Hits The United States
In China, drivers became folk heroes — will the same happen in the US?
Ryan Broderick
Coronavirus Fears Are Causing Tech Giants To Cancel Conferences, Curb Travel, And Take Hits To Supply Chains
Uncertainty has hit Apple, Facebook, and Google as the outbreak spreads.
Alex Kantrowitz
Apple Just Disabled Clearview AI's iPhone App For Breaking Its Rules On Distribution
A BuzzFeed News analysis of Clearview AI’s app for Apple’s mobile operating system found that the company had been violating the iPhone maker’s rules to distribute its apps to law enforcement agencies and other customers.
Logan McDonald
More Than A Dozen Organizations From The Met Police To J.K. Rowling’s Foundation Have Tried Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition Tech
Exclusive: The UK National Crime Agency and a number of police forces across England, as well as several private investment firms, have registered users with facial recognition software company Clearview AI.
Emily Ashton
Australian Police Have Run Hundreds Of Searches On Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tool
EXCLUSIVE: The Australian Federal Police and forces in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia have dozens of registered accounts with facial recognition software company Clearview AI.
Hannah Ryan
Terabytes Of Stolen Adult Content From OnlyFans Have Leaked
An OnlyFans spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that no breach occurred, but sex workers are outraged.
Ryan Broderick
Clearview’s Facial Recognition App Has Been Used By The Justice Department, ICE, Macy’s, Walmart, And The NBA
A BuzzFeed News review of Clearview AI documents has revealed the company is working with more than 2,200 law enforcement agencies, companies, and individuals around the world.
Ryan Mac
3,200 Amazon Drivers Are Going To Lose Their Jobs
Amazon continues to terminate its larger delivery contractors; at least 3,242 delivery drivers will be laid off this spring.
Caroline O'Donovan
Trump's Biggest Supporters Think The Coronavirus Is A Deep State Plot
While Donald Trump has tasked Mike Pence with leading the country to safety.
Ryan Broderick
No Email. No WhatsApp. No Internet. This Is Now Normal Life In Kashmir.
Normal life has ground to a halt in the region as businesses lay off workers, hospitals struggle to care for patients, and ordinary people despair.
Pranav Dixit
The Guy Behind “Homeless Hotspots” Now Works For The Bloomberg Campaign
In 2012, he turned people who were homeless into Wi-Fi hotspots. Now he's trying to make Michael Bloomberg president.
Katie Notopoulos
Millennial Women Made LuLaRoe Billions. Then They Paid The Price.
Lawsuits, mountains of unsold leggings, and families drowning in debt: the tumultuous story behind a multilevel marketing brand that promised millennial women a pathway to financial freedom.
Stephanie McNeal
Google Has Banned Almost 600 Apps For Pushing “Disruptive” Ads
“This is an invasive maneuver resulting in poor user experiences.”
Craig Silverman
Here Are 15 Products That Anyone Who Loves Their Phone Will Froth Over
Chances are you're reading this on a phone right now.
Hameda Nafiz
A Former Cambridge Analytica Employee Was Thrown Out Of Facebook’s New York Office
“My host said to me, ‘I don’t know what you’ve done in your private life, but you’re not allowed into this building.’”
Joseph Bernstein
India Is In The Middle Of A Coronavirus YouTube Frenzy, And It’s Going To Get People Killed
“There is a general sense of fear, so people look out for information — and YouTube becomes one of the places to look for it.”
Ryan Broderick
How Saudi Arabia Infiltrated Twitter
“Proactive and reactively we will delete evil my brother.”
Alex Kantrowitz
This Man's Facebook Page Was Blocked For Spreading False Information About The Coronavirus
Facebook warned against the potential "overreach" of Singapore's anti-fake news law as it blocked a page that was flagged for spreading false information about the coronavirus.
Cameron Wilson
Australia Has 17 Million Facebook Users And Seven Facebook Fact Checkers
"It's incredible the sheer speed at which lies travel, particularly when they’re targeted at groups," one fact checker said.
Cameron Wilson
