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Facebook struggled to remove sensitive content under Covid lockdown
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/12/facebook-struggled-to-remove-sensitive-content-under-covid-lockdown

How Facebook and Other Sites Manipulate Your Privacy Choices https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-social-media-privacy-dark-patterns/

Police use of facial recognition violates human rights, UK court rules https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/police-use-of-facial-recognition-violates-human-rights-uk-court-rules/

When Private Security Cameras Are Police Surveillance Tools https://www.wired.com/story/private-security-cameras-police-surveillance-tools/

The Return of Anonymous
The infamous hacker group reemerges from the shadows.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/08/hacker-group-anonymous-returns/615058/

Facebook and other tech giants 'too big to fail'
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/11/facebook-too-big-to-fail-says-oxford-university-research-paper

Google Chrome Bug Could Let Hackers Bypass CSP Protection; Update Web Browsers https://thehackernews.com/2020/08/chrome-csp-bypass.html

Stop Using the Chrome Web Store to Find Extensions https://lifehacker.com/stop-installing-extensions-from-the-chrome-web-store-1844678014

Android is now the world’s largest earthquake detection network https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/08/android-is-now-the-worlds-largest-earthquake-detection-network/

The Anonymous Culture Cops of the Internet http://nautil.us/blog/the-anonymous-culture-cops-of-the-internet

Video Essays That Address Race, Inequality, and the Movement for Black Lives https://hyperallergic.com/580668/black-lives-matter-video-essay-playlist/

Catastrophes and calms https://aeon.co/essays/catastrophe-drives-evolution-but-life-resides-in-the-pauses

China's Great Firewall of Censorship Is Already Going Up Around Hong Kong https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akz7yz/chinas-great-firewall-of-censorship-is-already-going-up-around-hong-kong

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Hackers can eavesdrop on mobile calls with $7,000 worth of equipment https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/your-mobile-calls-may-be-vulnerable-to-a-new-revolting-eavesdrop-attack/

The QAnon cult is growing and the media is helping https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/the-qanon-conspiracy-cult-is-growing-and-the-media-is-helping.php

Lessons for social media from the Fairness Doctrine https://www.cjr.org/opinion/social-media-fairness-doctrine.php

We need a full investigation into Siri's secret surveillance campaign
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/14/apple-siri-secret-surveillance-campaign-investigation

An Alexa Bug Could Have Exposed Your Voice History to Hackers https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-alexa-bug-exposed-voice-history-hackers/

One IT Guy’s Spreadsheet-Fueled Race to Restore Voting Rights https://www.wired.com/story/election-voting-rights-spreadsheet-patriot/