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    Facebook says 30 million users were affected by a recent security breach, including 400,000 whose accounts were nearly fully accessed and another 14 million who had broad categories of personal data stolen.
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    Facebook Says 14 Million Accounts Had Broad Array Of Personal Data Stolen

    Oct 13, 2018
    In an update on a recent security breach, Facebook says 30 million accounts were affected. For nearly half of those, hackers accessed users' searches, locations and other details.
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    Google+ Shutting Down For Consumers After Data Vulnerability Is Revealed

    Oct 09, 2018
    The company says it discovered and patched the issue in March but did not immediately disclose it. There is no evidence, it said, that a third party was aware of the bug or misused profile data.
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    Digital Life

    The 'Weaponization' Of Social Media — And Its Real-World Consequences

    Oct 09, 2018
    P.W. Singer and Emerson Brooking say social media has been manipulated to fuel popular uprisings and affect the course of military and political campaigns. Their new book is LikeWar.
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    Facebook does not yet know who carried out the attacks or where they were based. The company knows the attackers attempted to access profile information but not whether they succeeded.
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    Facebook Says Security Breach Affected Almost 50 Million Accounts

    Sep 28, 2018
    Facebook says a vulnerability allowed attackers to gain full access to some users' accounts; it's not yet clear whether any accounts were actually misused. The company says the problem has been fixed.
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    Music News

    Europe's Copyright Reforms Are More Than (Just) A Boring Policy Change

    Sep 27, 2018
    Two weeks ago, the European Commission approved new rules that will change how tech companies are required to deal with copyright infringement on their platforms. Unsurprisingly, it was controversial.
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    Business
    The digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin, shown in a February 6 visual representation, was among the cryptocurrencies targeted by the recent hack of a Japanese exchange.
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    Hackers Steal $59 Million In Cryptocurrency From Japanese Exchange

    Sep 20, 2018
    Tech Bureau Corp., which owns the Zaif cryptocurrency exchange, says the security breach occurred last week, and was discovered several days later.
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    Technology
    A new lawsuit alleges Facebook is misleading advertisers, but the company says it can't guarantee that all ads will reach their intended targets.
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    Advertising On Facebook: Is It Worth It?

    Sep 12, 2018
    A lawsuit says Facebook is misleading advertisers about just how effective it is. Facebook, which makes billions from ads, says it can't guarantee that all of them will reach their intended targets.
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    Gary Wagner, a blind Buffalo resident and subscriber to an app that connects him to a shopping assistant, looks for hot sauce at a Wegmans store in Amherst, New York.
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    Blind Grocery Shoppers Access 'Second Set Of Eyes' Through App At Wegmans

    Sep 12, 2018
    An app service known as Aira is connecting blind and visually impaired grocery shoppers with sighted guides that help them navigate the aisles at Wegmans through their smartphones.
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    Digital Life
    In the documentary <em>Swiped</em>, filmmaker Nancy Jo Sales investigates how dating apps have created unintended consequences in actual relationships.
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    A Documentary Swipes Left On Dating Apps

    Sep 09, 2018
    Journalist Nancy Jo Sales investigates the impact of online dating tech on offline culture in her first film Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age. Predictably, some of her findings are pretty bleak.
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    Europe

    Troll Watch: Misinformation Operations Target UK

    Sep 09, 2018
    What stories were pushed out by Internet trolls this week? NPR's Michel Martin asks Matt Tait, a cybersecurity fellow at the University of Texas at Austin.
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    National

    Barbershop: Online Censorship

    Sep 08, 2018
    This week, Alex Jones was permanently suspended from Twitter and Steve Bannon was uninvited from The New Yorker's annual festival. NPR's Michel Martin takes up the issue of censorship with Kara Swisher, Charlie Sykes and Megan McArdle.
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    Digital Life

    Facebook Use Changing Among Young Users

    Sep 06, 2018
    A new study shows that younger Americans are changing the way they interact with Facebook.
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    National
    State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, left, receives congratulations from Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, center, and Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, right, after passage of the bill Friday in Sacramento.
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    California Lawmakers Pass Net Neutrality Bill

    Sep 01, 2018
    The net neutrality protections, which advocates call the strongest in the country, now go to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown.
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    Health Care
    Vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Mill Valley, Calif., in 2015.
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    Texas Nurse Loses Job After Apparently Posting About Patient In Anti-Vaxxer Group

    Aug 29, 2018
    A Texas Children's Hospital nurse allegedly described a young patient with the measles in a Facebook post affirming her opposition to vaccines. The hospital says patient privacy is a "top priority."
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    Technology
    Uber has come under fire for its workplace culture in the past several years.
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    Details Of Uber Harassment Settlement Released

    Aug 22, 2018
    Dozens of women and minorities who said they were harassed while working as engineers at Uber filed a class-action lawsuit. Hundreds of people also sued for discrimination claims.
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    Movie Interviews

    In 'Searching,' A Father Looks For His Missing Daughter By Tracking Her Online

    Aug 20, 2018
    NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with director Aneesh Chaganty about his new movie Searching, about a father who looks for his missing daughter aided only by the messages, videos and other digital remnants she leaves behind.
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    Digital Life
    Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been banned from multiple social media platforms in the past few weeks.
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    Alex Jones Penalized By Twitter

    Aug 15, 2018
    Last week, the company was a notable exception after a wave of other major tech companies banned the conspiracy theorist and his main channels. Jones cannot tweet on his main account for one week.
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    National Security
    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaking here in 2016, is reportedly considering testifying before U.S. lawmakers.
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    Julian Assange 'Seriously Considering' Testifying Before Senate Panel

    Aug 09, 2018
    The founder of WikiLeaks received a request to testify in person before the Senate intelligence committee about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, his lawyer says.
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    Digital Life
    Alex Jones, shown here at a July 2016 rally in support of then-candidate Donald Trump, says he is being subjected to a "purge" from big tech companies.
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    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Explains Why Alex Jones Isn't Banned, In Big Tech Exception

    Aug 08, 2018
    YouTube, Apple and Facebook banned outlets for the conspiracy theorist this week in what Jones called a "purge." Dorsey said the company wouldn't "succumb and simply react to outside pressure."
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    Media
    Alex Jones and his Infowars channels have been removed from YouTube; Facebook and Apple's iTunes have also deleted most or all of his outlets on their services. He's seen here being escorted from a rally near the 2016 Republican National Convention.
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    YouTube, Apple and Facebook Ban Infowars, Which Decries 'Mega Purge'

    Aug 06, 2018
    Alex Jones' Infowars site accused the companies of censorship. Apple said, "We believe in representing a wide range of views, so long as people are respectful to those with differing opinions."
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    Digital Life

    Russian Operatives, Facebook And Social Movements

    Aug 05, 2018
    Lourdes Ashley Hunter of the Trans Women of Color Collective talks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro about a Facebook account that was taken down for "inauthentic behavior."
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    National

    Unpacking The QAnon Conspiracy Theory

    Aug 04, 2018
    Trump supporters wearing QAnon T-shirts appeared at a Florida rally on Tuesday. NPR's Don Gonyea unpacks the QAnon conspiracy theory with journalist Alex Goldman of the Reply All podcast.
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    Technology
    The Google.cn for China website is seen on a computer screen in this photo illustration. Google is reportedly working on a censored version of its search engine to comply with China's government's demands.
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    Google Testing A Censored Search Engine Just For China

    Aug 02, 2018
    China's government goes to great lengths to censor its citizens' access to information on the Internet. Google pulled its search service out of China in 2010 over censorship concerns.
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    Politics
    Signs bearing the letter "Q" are visible at President Trump's campaign rally in Florida on Tuesday. They're related to the "QAnon" conspiracy theory.
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    What Is QAnon? The Conspiracy Theory Tiptoeing Into Trump World

    Aug 02, 2018
    Followers of the "QAnon" conspiracy theory appeared at President Trump's campaign rally in Florida on Tuesday. And on Wednesday, the White House press secretary was asked about the fringe group.
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    National

    Encore: Many Look To Buddhism For Sanctuary From An Over-Connected World

    Jul 23, 2018
    The amount of time people spend on digital devices is soaring — to the point that several countries treat internet addiction as a public health crisis. But some users are turning to ancient religious practices to be more mindful of their time online.
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