Dell Cameron
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U.S. Feds Don’t Know How Often They’re Using Facial Recognition
A group of House lawmakers charged with investigating the implications of biometric surveillance empaneled three experts Wednesday to testify about the future of facial recognition and other tools widely employed by the U.S. government with little regard for citizens’ privacy.
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How Trump’s Ridiculous Fundraising Emails Raked in $360 Million for ‘a Fund That Didn’t Exist’
The House Select Committee investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in fomenting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has shone a spotlight on his efforts to fundraise off the back of his erroneous election fraud claims.
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How the Facebook Papers Exposed Meta’s Moderation Disaster
In Gizmodo’s third release of documents from the Facebook Papers, we learned how decisions at Facebook over whether to improve a product can depend on how many conservatives in the press are likely to get pissed. We also learned that when Facebook claimed it wasn’t doing something, it was doing exactly that. Here’s a broader look…
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How Memestock Traders Responded to Mockery From the Government
It’s ‘Not a Game’, Get It? A public awareness campaign launched by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hoping to spread awareness that “investing is not a game,” seems to have hit poorly among its intended audience. The federal agency put out YouTube videos and an online quiz à la BuzzFeed to convey risks associated…