‘The secretive British spy agency GCHQ has developed covert tools to seed the internet with false information, including the ability to manipulate the results of online polls, artificially inflate pageview counts on web sites, “amplif[y]” […]

‘While the fight for your privacy rages on Capitol Hill IBM just unleashed a powerful new spy tool into the public sector. IBM today announced 20 new industry-specific solutions with pre-built predictive analytics capabilities that […]

‘The old joke goes “George Orwell’s 1984 was a warning, not a ‘how to’ manual.” But that joke is increasingly less funny as the UK really seems to be doing everything it can to put […]

‘Orange County Public Schools announced Thursday that it has acquired software to monitor social media “to proactively prevent, intervene and (watch) situations that may impact students and staff.” The district has obtained an annual license […]