Surveillance

The artificial intelligence startup, xAI, backed by Elon Musk, is facing backlash from its employees over the introduction of a controversial workforce management system. What Happened: The company has been encouraging its staff to install a software called Hubstaff on their personal laptops....

Big tech is acting more like Big Brother. That’s according to the latest report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Thursday release details how major social media and video streaming platforms have taken snooping to a whole new level. "The report lays out how social media and video...

Is FedEx Corp (NYSE:FDX) helping law enforcement spy on private citizens? A new report presents compelling evidence in the latest controversy over privacy. What Happened: Forbes reported that the Memphis, Tennessee-based shipping giant has partnered with local law enforcement agencies by...

Edward Snowden expressed disdain over the White House’s recent stance on the Fourth Amendment, amidst growing concerns over privacy rights. What Happened: On Thursday, Snowden took to Twitter to express his views about the White House’s recent stand on the Fourth Amendment. He tweeted...

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk posted his thoughts about conspiracy theories about birds allegedly being government spy drones.  What Happened: Musk, on Thursday, took to Twitter to express his views on a conspiracy theory asserting that birds aren’t genuine creatures but instead government...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk posted a meme Monday evening and said he was going to “stop hitting myself.” What Happened: Musk shared a meme featuring the Biblical character Jacob wrestling an angel, which is mentioned in the Book of Genesis and is interpreted differently...

An Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) executive faced flak after his individual carbon footprint tracker comments at the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland. What Happened: Chinese internet giant Alibaba’s USA Group president J. Michael Evans, during a...

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reportedly planning on flagging and blocking certain keywords linked to unions on its internal messaging app. What Happened: The words on Amazon’s watchlist include “Union,” “Living Wage,” “Petition,” “...

Recently Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has recognized that some of its engineers have abused employee access to take advantage of user data. An outstanding example is that one of their engineers used his access to track down a woman who had left him after they fought. In this...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is facing an internal backlash over its plan to scan iPhones in the U.S. for child sexual abuse images, Reuters reported Wednesday. What Happened: Apple employees have sent more than 800 messages on an Apple internal Slack channel, expressing their worries that the feature...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has stressed that it will not allow any government to conduct surveillance using its new tool aimed at detecting child sexual abuse material (CSAM). What Happened: Apple said its CSAM detection capability is built solely to detect known CSAM images stored in iCloud Photos...

Big tech companies, including Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), have joined Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ: FB) legal efforts against Israeli surveillance company NSO Group Technologies Ltd. What Happened: Microsoft, Google-parent Alphabet...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) is investing $443 billion jointly with a Chinese partner in a blacklisted company accused of helping Beijing monitor and detain Uighur minorities, Reuters reported Tuesday. What Happened: The Jack Ma-founded conglomerate, along with China Mobile...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), and subsidiary WhatsApp Inc., can go ahead with their lawsuit against NSO Group, filed for alleged exploitation of vulnerabilities in software, a federal court has ruled, TechCrunch reported Thursday. What Happened In October, the companies complained that...

A coalition of advocacy groups has forced the United Kingdom to admit that it has been spying on social media users in the country. However, the British government says its surveillance is legal, since it involves information and computer servers based outside of the UK. The massive...