Alyza Sebenius | The Seattle Times

March 9, 2020 at 7:01 am

Bot or not? Online tools seek to cut through disinformation fog

The Twitter account for Suzie, or @PatriotPurple, espoused admiration for President Donald Trump and conservative values. A fist-pumping picture of Trump served as the backdrop,...

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FILE- In this Sept. 13, 2018, file photo Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

January 21, 2020 at 2:30 pm

Saudi crown prince hacked Jeff Bezos’ phone, analysis suggests

The Guardian newspaper reported that an analysis had found that the theft of data from Bezos' phone in 2018 started with an infected video file sent...

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December 10, 2019 at 9:50 am

Apple, Facebook clash with senators over encryption, backdoors

Apple and Facebook Iclashed again with Washington over law enforcement access to encrypted data. In a Senate hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers on both sides of...

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April 10, 2019 at 11:17 am

Facebook Is Expanding Efforts to Block False Information

(Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. said it's rolling out a slew of new and expanded ways to rein in the spread of misinformation across its websites...

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December 25, 2018 at 6:34 am

Turkey’s president invites Trump to visit after U.S. shift on Syria

President Donald Trump has been invited to visit Turkey in 2019 by that country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the White House said on Monday night....