Earlier this month, the US announced a new embargo: The United States government yesterday imposed an arms embargo on Cambodia, citing long-standing concerns about human rights, corruption, and China’s growing influence in the country. According to a statement from the Commerce Department, the move will “restrict” access to “dual-use items,” “less-sensitive military items,” and “defense … Continue reading Is Facebook Exempt From New US Arms Embargo Imposed on Cambodia? →

Facebook announced very publicly it was deleting its trove of facial recognition data. Somehow this has been falsely reported as Facebook won’t use facial recognition. Let me be very clear here: Facebook said it will continue using facial recognition. The reports bury this fact so far down it’s highly suspicious. Why would all the headlines … Continue reading Facebook Facial Recognition Was Criminal. Deleting It Is A Coverup Story. →

There seems to be a lot of similarity, yet a very notable difference, between social media ethics headlines from fifteen years ago and today. Yahoo was in big trouble in 2007: Yahoo Inc’s chief executive was verbally lashed by U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday over the Internet company’s role in helping identify a Chinese dissident who … Continue reading How Yahoo in 2007 was Like Facebook in 2021 →

For a long time now I have sounded warnings about how Facebook security needed to take serious action against data integrity vulnerabilities. In 2019 I wrote a detailed explanation of how the Chief Security Officer had been shooting messengers since at least 2016, showing an institutional habit of leadership inaction on genocide. Now the results … Continue reading Harms Detailed From Facebook Security Officer’s Inaction →