Ryan Lovelace

U.S. intelligence community helping build new digital tools to hunt ‘misinformation’ online

The U.S. intelligence community is partnering with a company building software that aims to root out misinformation online, raising questions about whether the U.S. government is spying on speech on the internet.

October 28, 2022

New York Post blames employee for offensive posts about assassination, sexual violence on website

The New York Post said Thursday an employee was responsible for multiple offensive social media posts and articles published on the company's Twitter account and website involving political assassinations and sexual violence.

October 27, 2022

Pro-China disinformation scheme attempted to discourage Americans from voting, sow political discord

Cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Wednesday that a pro-China cyber group waged an aggressive influence campaign online that discouraged Americans from voting in the midterm elections and promoted clashes with the U.S government.

October 26, 2022

NSA’s new ‘nerve center’ ready to scan the world for threats to America

The National Security Agency, which is in the middle of moving into a new "nerve center" on its Fort Meade campus, says it is still ready for whatever foreign threat may emerge against the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

October 25, 2022

Federal judge grants depositions of Fauci, Biden admin officials over social media censorship

A federal judge ordered depositions from Dr. Anthony Fauci, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki and other officials in a lawsuit that accuses the Biden administration of pressuring Big Tech to censor online speech.

October 24, 2022

TikTok denies new report that it tracks Americans’ location data, targets individuals

The social media giant TikTok has denied it tracks American users' location data, disputing allegations in a new report that its China-based parent company planned to target specific people and monitor their movements through the video-based app popular with younger users around the globe.

October 21, 2022

Liberal activists pressure Biden’s Justice Department for a new antitrust crackdown

Liberal critics of Big Tech have a new target they want to see smashed to bits: Ticketmaster.

October 20, 2022

Internet freedom is up slightly in the U.S. but global decline continues

Internet freedom improved slightly in the U.S. for the first time in six years while it continued to decline globally, according to Freedom House's annual assessment of digital liberty published Tuesday.

October 18, 2022

Kanye West to acquire Parler, parent company says

Music mogul Kanye West is set to acquire the social media website Parler, according to its parent company, putting a new face out front for the tech platform that has attracted a conservative audience but has struggled to expand its reach.

October 17, 2022

Data wars: Political operatives scrutinize Americans’ digital lives to hunt for voters, donors

The Netflix shows you watch, the books you read and the food you eat are all part of a broad set of data used by political operatives to determine whether you will vote and give money to their candidates in this year's midterm elections.

October 12, 2022

Cyberattacks down airport websites, travel operations not disrupted

Russian-speaking hackers picked a new target to overwhelm: airport websites and the travel sector.

October 11, 2022

Stockholder meeting to delay Truth Social startup deal postponed again

Former President Donald Trump's business partners on Monday again delayed a meeting on stockholders' final consideration for extending a merger deadline of Trump Media & Technology Group, putting the Truth Social platform's longer-term funding plans in limbo.

October 10, 2022

PayPal reverses policy to fine customers for misinformation, claims mistake

PayPal has reversed a policy to fine users who "promote misinformation" or publish content the payment platform deems "unfit," following widespread criticism of its plan.

October 10, 2022

Liberal groups plan mass protests for abortion rights across all 50 states

Liberal groups are planning massive demonstrations in support of abortion rights this weekend, making plans for more than 400 rallies across all 50 states to mobilize their networks for next month's midterm elections.

October 7, 2022

U.S. websites under cyberattack as Russian-speaking hackers take aim

Russian-speaking hackers took aim at U.S. state government websites this week, some of which suffered outages that persisted into Thursday.

October 6, 2022

Google to pay $85 million settlement to Arizona to resolve location-data lawsuit

Google has agreed to pay $85 million to Arizona to settle a lawsuit about how it collects and uses people's data.

October 6, 2022

Arrest made in alleged election worker data breach; info stored in China

The top executive of an election logistics software company that has clashed with groups alleging voter fraud was arrested Tuesday over the alleged theft of Los Angeles County poll workers' personally identifiable information, which investigators said was illegally stored in China.

October 5, 2022

TSA body scanners to use ‘gender-neutral algorithm’ amid broader Biden push on AI

The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a new artificial intelligence agenda intended to shape the way federal agencies and other institutions use the rapidly evolving technology.

October 4, 2022

Trump floats keeping Truth Social business private if merger sputters

The clock is winding down for former President Donald Trump's business partners to secure an extension for his social media startup deal, as a deadline looming next week threatens to upend Truth Social's plans for the future.

October 3, 2022

Metaverse company’s funding becomes proxy for U.S.-China tech fight

The escalating competition between the U.S. and China for advanced technology has spread to the alternate reality metaverse, where the two global powers are fixated on the U.K.-based company Hadean.

September 30, 2022