ICE Arrests Palestinian Immigrant at His Citizenship Test Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi thought he was going to become an American. Instead, ICE whisked him away into detention. Reason · Apr 15, 2025
U.S. to Monitor Foreign Residents' Social Media for Antisemitism: 'No Room for Terrorist Sympathizers' USCIS will begin treating antisemitic activity on social media and instances of physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds to deny immigration benefits Latin Times · Apr 9, 2025
Google Cloud Facilitates AI Surveillance Along U.S.-Mexico Border Despite Prior Denials: Report In 2020, Google Cloud CEO told employees that the company was "not working on any projects associated with immigration enforcement at the southern border" Latin Times · Apr 9, 2025
Immigrants Face New Scrutiny as Trump Targets 'Hostile' Social Media Attitudes in Green Card Vetting According to the report, the collection of social media identifiers is necessary to "enable and help national security and public safety screening, and vetting, and related inspections" Latin Times · Mar 25, 2025
Fetterman Sees 'Major Turnover' After Staffers Quit Over the Democrat to Being 'A Useful Idiot for Republicans': Report The Pennsylvania senator's staffers keep quitting as the former progressive Democrat continues aligning himself with the Trump administration. Latin Times · Feb 20, 2025
ICE Plans to Monitor 'Negative' Social Media Discussion About the Agency and its Top Officials: Report If implemented, the system would flag individuals' online activity, evaluating their potential for violence through "social and behavioral sciences" and "psychological profiles" Latin Times · Feb 16, 2025
USAID-Funded Pandemic Research Failed To Spot COVID or Ensure Chinese Transparency There remains many open questions about whether the agency's funding played a role in the creation of COVID-19 in a Wuhan laboratory. Reason · Feb 6, 2025
Leaked Meta Training Materials Uses 'Immigrants Are Pieces of S--t' as Example of Now Acceptable Content Content moderation changes announced by Meta are part of a broader policy shift that includes the suspension of the company's fact-checking program Latin Times · Jan 10, 2025
Most Tech Firms Won't Disclose if They'll Help Deport Immigrants by Providing Private Data, Study Finds The Intercept asked more than three dozen companies but only four were willing to comment Latin Times · Dec 5, 2024
Marianne Williamson denies backing Trump over ‘eating pets’ smear against immigrants after saying ‘voodoo is real’ Some academics argue the term ‘voodoo’ is rooted in anti-Black racism The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2024
WhatsApp encryption isn't the problem, metadata is Despite WhatsApp being under scrutiny for data vulnerability, don't worry, its encryption is not flawed. But this doesn't mean you are completely out of risk. TechRadar · Jun 1, 2024
Glenn Greenwald: Defund Israel and Free Assange The free speech absolutist and co-founder of The Intercept dives deep into Israel, Latin America, and the necessity of decentralized media in the age of U.S. security state overreach. Reason · May 29, 2024
"Abnormal" AIPAC spending alarms experts AIPAC has spent nearly $5 million to defeat Jamaal Bowman — and plans to spend over $100 million this year Salon · May 24, 2024
The New York Times accused of pro-Israel bias in coverage of Gaza war Some US media outlets have been criticised for their coverage of Israel's devastating military offensive in Gaza, including legacy brands like the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and The New York Times. According to The Intercept, top editors at The Times told journalists to limit the use of terms like… France 24 · Apr 19, 2024
Newslaundry · Apr 17, 2024 NYT asks journos to not use ‘genocide’, ‘Palestine’ in reports on Israel’s war on Gaza: The Intercept The New York Times allegedly issued a memo to its journalists asking them to “restrict” the use of a host of terms and phrases in connection with Israel’s war on Palestine in “evidence of the paper’s deference to Israeli narratives”, The Intercept reported.
Windows Central · Apr 12, 2024 Microsoft reportedly pitched DALL-E AI image generation technology for military use without OpenAI and against core policies: "We were not involved." Microsoft reportedly proposed the tool to the US Department of Defense during a training seminar in October 2023. The tool can "create images to train battle management systems."
WEKU · Mar 6, 2024 Newsroom at 'New York Times' fractures over story on Hamas attacks The newsroom union at The New York Times accuses the paper of targeting staffers of Middle Eastern descent during an inquiry into leaks about internal debates over a story on the Hamas attacks.
Windows Central · Feb 29, 2024 ChatGPT wrote this headline about the latest OpenAI news: Publisher lawsuit hits 'company' over alleged content plagiarism — legal battle ensues Microsoft and OpenAI once again find themselves on the receiving end of lawsuits about copyright infringement. This time, AlterNet, The Intercept, and Raw Story have sued the tech giants.
Top News · Feb 29, 2024 Digital News Outlets Sue Openai For Copyright Infringement Three digital news outlets sue OpenAI for using their stories without permission to train ChatGPT, seeking damages for copyright infringement.
Reason · Feb 6, 2024 Northwestern Students Face Obscure Criminal Charges for Mock Anti-Israel Newspaper After placing a pro-Palestinian front page over Northwestern's student newspaper, two students face "theft of advertising services" charges.
Al Jazeera · Jan 14, 2024 Al Jazeera’s Samer Abudaqa was ‘targeted’, left to bleed by Israel: Report The cameraman died despite aid organisations and journalists applying pressure to get him rescued, The Intercept found.
Salon · Jan 5, 2024 CNN lets Israeli military censor news "War-crime" and "genocide" are taboo words, network insider tells The Intercept
Texas Observer · Dec 27, 2023 Kelly Siegler: Trading Favors Two men convicted by Kelly Siegler uncovered the dark secret to her success. From the Intercept's Jordan Smith and Liliana Segura.
Texas Observer · Dec 21, 2023 Kelly Siegler: The Cold Case Killer Kelly Siegler is a true-crime celebrity. Did she frame an innocent man for murder? From Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith at The Intercept.
The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023 Oklahoma executes death row inmate for 1996 murder of ballerina Anthony Sanchez maintained his innocence up until the end