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Drew Harwell

Drew Harwell

Technology Reporter at The Washington Post

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Drew Harwell
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Utility giants agree to no longer allow sensitive records to be shared with ICE

The information was passed to Equifax, which sold it to ICE and other police agencies.
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How a Reddit “antiwork” mob fought Kellogg’s hiring of replacement ...

Driven by “anger and resentment,” one of the Internet’s biggest discussion boards for worker discontent has focused its power into a real-world labor rights campaign.
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QAnon and pro-Trump influencers squabble over money, followers - Th...

Pro-Trump and QAnon influencers have squabbled bitterly over online audiences in the year since Trump left office. They’re “desperate for money” and there’s only so many “people you can fleece,” says one researcher.
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Huge government agencies clash over imposing facial recognition

Dave Zvenyach, director of the GSA’s Technology Transformation Services, told The Post that the agency “is committed to not deploying facial recognition … until rigorous review has given us confidence that we can do so equitably.”
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IRS abandons facial recognition plan after firestorm of criticism

The IRS said Monday it would “transition away” from using the company ID.me for new accounts “over the coming weeks” and would develop an additional authentication process that does not involve facial recognition.
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ID.me says its service will no longer require facial recognition - ...

The private contractor ID.me says it will allow the 73 million people who’ve signed up for its service to access government websites to delete their face scans after March 1.
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Trump’s Truth Social’s disastrous launch raises doubts about its lo...

“The basic thing they needed to actually get right to get someone in the door, they couldn’t get right,” one researcher said.

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Ukraine’s Telegram channel of dead Russians may violate Geneva ... ...

Ukraine has posted hundreds of gory photos allegedly of Russian soldiers captured or killed in battle in an effort to raise anger in Russia over the cost of the war. But the tactic also appears to violate the Geneva Conventions.
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Snapchat is sued over its alleged use by child sex predators - The ...

A 16-year-old girl is leading a class-action lawsuit against one of the country’s most popular apps — claiming its designers have done almost nothing to prevent the sexual exploitation of girls like her.
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Buffalo shooting livestream remains available - The Washington Post

The episode shows how little has changed in the three years since a live-streamed rampage at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, showed how mass shooters can harness leading social platforms to make their carnage go viral.
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Trump's Truth Social SPAC facing key shareholder vote - The Washing...

A Trump-allied investment company could be forced to liquidate if holders of 65 percent of its shares don’t approve a one-year extension of its merger with Trump’s company.