Former CIA Director and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called for the criminal prosecution of sources who spoke to Yahoo News for a story detailing proposals by the intelligence agency in 2017 to abduct WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and discussions within the Trump administrat
Pompeo reminds us what a ghastly and dishonest gargoyle he is. Whatever one thinks of Julian Assange's personal conduct and undoubtedly gigantic ego and understandable paranoia, killing him is beyond the pale. He should be released and allowed to live wherever he can find a home and a place to restart Wikileaks and do some work.
Mr. Lindsay is a former data scientist at Facebook. Washington was entranced Tuesday by the revelations from Frances Haugen, the Facebook product manager-turned-whistle-blower. But time and again, the public has seen high-profile congressional hearings into the company followed by inaction.
Internal evidence that former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen shared shows Facebook has known — but ignored — the harm it causes.
I am not convinced this will do lasting damage, which probably means it will.
Under new ownership, the online publication aimed at younger readers unveiled a revamped version of itself on Wednesday.
Not sure this will really happen. Mic killed itself with costs and a "pivot to video". It was a mirage. Not a mirage like Ozy but nevertheless a mirage.
We've noted for a while there's a weird myopia occurring in internet policy. As in, "big tech" (namely Facebook, Google, and Amazon) get a relentless amount of Congressional and policy wonk attention for their various, and sometimes painfully idiotic behaviors.
It is understandable they did this from a cable point of view but it is an excellent reminder what an unethical bunch of rotters AT&T is.
Scroll’s ad-free subscription web service is shutting down as an independent entity in “approximately” 30 days, the company announced in an email to subscribers.
Looking forward to what my mate @arctictony manages to do with Twitter to make Scroll much more influential than it could have been alone.