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ProPublica - Technology

How Verified Accounts on X Thrive While Spreading Misinformation About the Israel-Hamas Conflict

2 months ago

Tow Center for Digital Journalism

2 months ago

Southeast Asian Casinos Emerge as Major Enablers of Global Cybercrime

5 months ago

U.S. Cybersecurity Expert Presses Software Regulation Amid High-Profile Hacks

7 months ago

DeSantis Privately Called for Google to Be "Broken Up"

11 months ago

Senator Elizabeth Warren Probes Google's Quest for Soldiers' Medical Data

7 months ago

Right-Wing Websites Connected to Former Trump Lawyer Are Scamming Loyal Followers With Phony Celebrity Pitches

8 months ago

A Scammer Tricked Instagram Into Banning Influencers With Millions of Followers. Then He Made Them Pay to Recover Their Accounts.

7 months ago

Senators Had Questions for the Maker of a Rent-Setting Algorithm. The Answers Were "Alarming."

11 months ago

What to Know About Cellphone Radiation

2 months ago

Inside Google's Quest to Digitize Troops' Tissue Samples

1 year ago

Fintechs Made "Massive Profits" on PPP Loans and Sometimes Engaged in Fraud, House Committee Report Finds

1 year ago

Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into Real Estate Tech Company Accused of Collusion with Landlords

1 year ago

More Senate Democrats Seek Investigation of Tech Firm Accused of Colluding With Landlords to Hike Apartment Rents

1 year ago

Pressure Grows on Real Estate Tech Company Accused of Colluding With Landlords to Jack Up Apartment Rents

1 year ago

How the FCC Shields Cellphone Companies From Safety Concerns

1 year ago

How Google's Ad Business Funds Disinformation Around the World

1 year ago

Company That Makes Rent-Setting Software for Apartments Accused of Collusion, Lawsuit Says

1 year ago

How the FBI Stumbled in the War on Cybercrime

1 year ago

Rent Going Up? One Company's Algorithm Could Be Why.

1 year ago

Human Trafficking's Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming

1 year ago

He Felt Isolated and Adrift After an Autism Diagnosis. Can He Make It as a Cybersleuth?

1 year ago

Real Money, Fake Musicians: Inside a Million-Dollar Instagram Verification Scheme

1 year ago

Federal Patient Privacy Law Does Not Cover Most Period-Tracking Apps

1 year ago

Google Allowed a Sanctioned Russian Ad Company to Harvest User Data for Months

1 year ago

Facebook Finally Agrees to Eliminate Tool That Enabled Discriminatory Advertising

1 year ago

"Big Lie" Vigilantism Is on the Rise. Big Tech Is Failing to Respond.

1 year ago

Inside the Government Fiasco That Nearly Closed the U.S. Air System

1 year ago

How Your Shadow Credit Score Could Decide Whether You Get an Apartment

1 year ago

Congressional Chair Asks Google and Apple to Help Stop Fraud Against U.S. Taxpayers on Telegram

1 year ago

In the Ukraine Conflict, Fake Fact-Checks Are Being Used to Spread Disinformation

2 years ago

How Bots and Fake Accounts Push China's Vision of Winter Olympic Wonderland

2 years ago

A Former Hacker's Guide to Boosting Your Online Security

2 years ago

Despite Decades of Hacking Attacks, Companies Leave Vast Amounts of Sensitive Data Unprotected

2 years ago

Boston City Councilors Seek Review of Surveillance Tech Purchase by Police

2 years ago

The Extortion Economy Podcast: Exploring the Secret World of Ransomware

2 years ago

Boston Police Bought Spy Tech With a Pot of Money Hidden From the Public

2 years ago

China Unleashed Its Propaganda Machine on Peng Shuai's #MeToo Accusation. Her Story Still Got Out.

2 years ago

How Steve Bannon Has Exploited Google Ads to Monetize Extremism

4 months ago

How to Avoid Being Scammed by Fake Job Ads

2 years ago

Scammers Are Using Fake Job Ads to Steal People's Identities

2 years ago

How to Avoid Being Scammed on Facebook Marketplace

1 year ago

Facebook Grew Marketplace to 1 Billion Users. Now Scammers Are Using It to Target People Around the World.

2 years ago

How Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users

2 years ago

Senate Banking Chair Asks CFPB How It Plans to Address Risks of Chime and Other Banking Apps

2 years ago

A Banking App Has Been Suddenly Closing Accounts, Sometimes Not Returning Customers' Money

2 years ago

How China Spreads Its Propaganda Version of Life for Uyghurs

2 years ago

The Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Hackers Had a Secret Weapon: Self-Promoting Cybersecurity Firms

2 years ago

Addressing Rape in Four Minutes or Less: Dating App Reps Left Unprepared to Respond to Assault Victims

2 years ago

Senator Says Censorship in Turkey Raises "Serious Questions" About Facebook's Commitment to Free Expression

2 years ago

Tinder and OkCupid Could Soon Let You Background Check Your Date — for a Price

2 years ago

America's Drinking Water Is Surprisingly Easy to Poison

2 years ago

Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company's Business

3 years ago

Twenty-Six Words Created the Internet. What Will It Take to Save It?

3 years ago

The U.S. Spent $2.2 Million on a Cybersecurity System That Wasn't Implemented — and Might Have Stopped a Major Hack

2 years ago