Terrorism

How the government scapegoats hackers to justify violating your privacy

It’s not just a matter of bombings anymore. Now, even code poses a threat.

On Oct 21, 2015 by Gillian Branstetter

‘Dozens’ of terror suspects used encryption to beat FBI, director says

The push against encryption continues.

On Oct 8, 2015 by Patrick Howell O’Neill

Carly Fiorina on giving HP servers to NSA: ‘I felt it was my duty’

Fiorina didn’t think twice when the NSA came knocking.

On Sep 29, 2015 by Eric Geller

Dear China and the U.S.—the Internet is ours

When we talk about cybersecurity, we need to remember what’s important.

On Sep 25, 2015 by [email protected]

Social media is changing how we react to natural disasters

These days, a wide-reaching Facebook post can be far better than a short-wave radio transmission.

On Aug 21, 2015 by Cynthia McKelvey

Police officers are sexually terrorizing black women—and the law allows it

The war on black women is a war on America.

On Aug 19, 2015 by Marcie Bianco

Top Democrat worries net-neutrality rules will help terrorists

The FCC says she can rest easy.

On Aug 14, 2015 by Eric Geller

The FBI is taking your retweets very, very seriously

RTs = endorsements, says FBI director James Comey.

On Aug 8, 2015 by Kate Conger

Rand Paul and Chris Christie’s NSA debate exposes national-security rifts in the GOP

The balance between privacy and civil liberties took center stage Thursday night.

On Aug 7, 2015 by Eric Geller

3 women stole $3,000 from ISIS militants in elaborate catfishing scheme

Thanks for the cash, ISIS. See ya.

On Jul 30, 2015 by Mary Emily O’Hara

It’s time to talk about the Muslim victims of terrorism

Where’s the hashtag?

On Jul 29, 2015 by [email protected]

Kenyans launch #SomeoneTellCNN after network calls their country a ‘terror hotbed’

That’ll teach CNN to be more careful with its labels.

On Jul 27, 2015 by Curt Hopkins

Top U.S. official wants tech companies to be liable for hosting terrorist content

Will Twitter have to work even harder to ban terrorists?

On Jul 24, 2015 by Eric Geller

Twitter, Facebook, Google may soon be forced to report terrorist activity

The intelligence community stands to gain a lot, but tech companies may not be thrilled.

On Jul 9, 2015 by Eric Geller

Hacking Team says data breach put its cyberweapons in the hands of terrorists

Only 40 some odd governments could use the program to spy on people before.

On Jul 8, 2015 by Dell Cameron