Facebook appoints a vice president of civil rights
Roy Austin Jr. will also become a deputy general counsel.
Civil rights
Facebook fails its own audit over civil rights and hate speech decisions
It must find ways to stop "pushing users toward extremist echo chambers."
Facebook's advertiser boycott is getting even bigger
Honda and Hershey are among the latest to pull ads in protest.
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Lawsuit claims Trump's social media order violates free speech rights
The measure is 'plainly retaliatory' according to plaintiffs.
Kenya halts biometric ID scheme over discrimination fears
The government had already collected data from 40 million residents.
Hitting the Books: How America's Space Race sought to renew our 'New South'
America went to space just to stick it to the Soviets.
Time Magazine is recreating the 'I Have a Dream' speech in VR
You could know what it was like to join Martin Luther King's march.
Court says data swept up by the NSA is protected by the Fourth Amendment
Judges found the incidental collection through PRISM to be legal, but querying that data might not be.
Homeland Security wants airport face scans for US citizens
You'd have to give up some privacy whether entering or leaving the US.
Facial recognition tech misidentified 26 California lawmakers as criminals
The ACLU wants to ban the use of facial recognition tech in police-worn body cameras.
The FBI plans more social media surveillance
It may gather user IDs, emails, IP addresses and telephone numbers.
Facebook will fight misinformation linked to the 2020 US census
Its latest civil rights audit also suggests widening hate speech efforts.
