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Whistleblower: Facebook undermines kids and democracy. Will Congress do something?

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Facebook removes pro-Soleimani Instagram content, calling it support for terrorism. Laurence Tribe says FB has it wrong

By Matt Field | Technology and Security

Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Hamburg on July 7, 2017. Credit: Kremlin Presidential Executive Office

A “media mirage”: Russia deployed sophisticated marketing tactics to help Trump win

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading