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1. The limits of smartphone data are on display as the country seeks to reopen

Author

Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Epidemics -- Control -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects -- Prevention -- United States, Global Positioning System -- Usage -- Social aspects, Economic recovery -- Management -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects -- Usage -- Methods, COVID-19 -- Prevention -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects, Infection control -- Usage -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects -- Methods, Public health administration -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects -- Usage -- Methods, Smart phones -- Usage -- Social aspects, Contact tracing -- Methods -- Social aspects -- Usage -- Economic aspects, Beauty salons, Coronaviruses, Salons, Epidemiologists, Public health, Public health movements, Novels, Company business management, Smart phone, Global Positioning System, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg Federal and state officials are using smartphone location data to inform what amounts to a high-stakes public health experiment in reopening the economy while a lethal pandemic [...]

Published
2020

2. Protests spread, fueled by economic woes and Internet subcultures

Author

Timberg, Craig, Dwoskin, Elizabeth, and Balingit, Moriah

Subjects
United States -- Demonstrations and protests -- Economic aspects -- Health aspects, Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- Health aspects, Internet -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Health aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Demonstrations and protests -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Economic recovery -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Social aspects -- Demonstrations and protests -- Economic aspects -- Forecasts and trends -- Health aspects, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects -- Health aspects -- Social aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Demonstrations and protests -- Political aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Public health administration -- Demonstrations and protests -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects -- Political aspects -- Health aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Misinformation -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects -- Health aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Demonstrations and protests, Americans, Vaccines, Coronaviruses, Business owners, Coronavirus infections, Activists, Power (Philosophy), Health, Political protest, Social media, Public health, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Internet, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Elizabeth Dwoskin;Moriah Balingit Protests against coronavirus-related government restrictions continued to spread on Friday as a coalition of gun activists, vaccine opponents and anxious business owners used the organizing [...]

Published
2020

3. Most Americans are not willing or able to use an app tracking coronavirus infections. That's a problem for Big Tech's plan to slow the pandemic

Author

Timberg, Craig, Harwell, Drew, and Safarpour , Alauna

Subjects
Mobile applications -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends -- Health aspects -- Product development, High technology industry -- Product development -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Health aspects -- Usage -- Methods, Epidemics -- Control -- Social aspects -- Prevention -- United States, COVID-19 -- Prevention -- Social aspects, Contact tracing -- Methods -- Social aspects -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends -- Health aspects, Americans, Coronaviruses, Coronavirus infections, Technology, Infection, Public health, Diseases, Public health movements, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Drew Harwell;Alauna Safarpour Nearly 3 in 5 Americans say they are either unable or unwilling to use the infection-alert system under development by Google and Apple, suggesting that [...]

Published
2020

4. American touting covid conspiracies probably posted WHO, Gates Foundation passwords online, report says

Author

Mekhennet, Souad and Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Computer crimes -- Investigations, Email -- Access control -- Investigations, Personal information -- Access control -- Investigations, Computer access control -- Investigations, Coronaviruses, Coronavirus infections, Conspiracy theories, Health, Public health, Company legal issue, E-mail, Network access, Computer crime, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -- Records and correspondence -- Investigations, World Health Organization -- Records and correspondence -- Investigations
Abstract

Byline: Souad Mekhennet;Craig Timberg An American touting conspiracy theories about the spread of the coronavirus was the likely source of an incident in which nearly 25,000 credentials from the World [...]

Published
2020

5. Nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords allegedly from NIH, WHO, Gates Foundation and others are dumped online

Author

Mekhennet, Souad and Timberg, Craig

Subjects
United States. National Institutes of Health -- Access control, Data security -- Evaluation -- Usage, Email -- Usage -- Evaluation, Computer access control -- Usage, Coronaviruses, Harassment, Cyberterrorism, Radicals (Persons), Coronavirus infections, Internet security, Activists, Health, Public health, Terrorism, E-mail, Data security issue, Network access, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -- Access control -- Evaluation, World Health Organization -- Access control
Abstract

Byline: Souad Mekhennet;Craig Timberg Unknown activists have posted nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords allegedly belonging to the National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization, the Gates Foundation and [...]

Published
2020

6. Governments around the world are trying a new weapon against coronavirus: Your smartphone

Author

Timberg, Craig, Dwoskin, Elizabeth, Harwell, Drew, and Romm, Tony

Subjects
Social distancing (Public health) -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Observations -- Usage, Epidemics -- Control -- United States, COVID-19 -- Control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Usage, Smart phones -- Usage, Coronaviruses, Coronavirus infections, Privacy, Government regulation, Smart phone, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Elizabeth Dwoskin;Drew Harwell;Tony Romm When California officials wanted to see how closely people were following social distancing guidelines last month, they tapped a powerful new data set -- [...]

Published
2020

7. As the coronavirus spreads, so does online racism targeting Asians, new research shows

Author

Timberg, Craig and Chiu, Allyson

Subjects
Racism -- Forecasts and trends -- Research -- Social aspects, Epidemics -- Demographic aspects -- Social aspects -- Research -- United States, National identity -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Research, Asians -- Social aspects -- Forecasts and trends -- Research, Social science research -- Social aspects -- Research -- Forecasts and trends, COVID-19 -- Demographic aspects -- Social aspects -- Research, Misinformation -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Research, Coronaviruses, Coronavirus infections, Boycotts, Identity, Violence, Target marketing, Social media, Nationalism, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Allyson Chiu Fears of the coronavirus have fueled rising anti-Chinese sentiment online as a combination of traditional slurs and new terms such as 'kungflu' conflate the pandemic with [...]

Published
2020

8. On Twitter, almost 60 percent of false claims about coronavirus remain online -- without a warning label

Author

Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Media hoaxes -- Research, Epidemics -- Research -- United States, Online social networks -- Research, Social science research -- Research, COVID-19 -- Research, Misinformation -- Research, Coronaviruses, Web site management software, Coronavirus infections, Social media, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Twitter (Online social network) -- Research
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg More than half of the misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic that has been debunked by fact checkers remains on Twitter without any warning label, a record that [...]

Published
2020

9. Your Internet is working. Thank these Cold War-era pioneers who designed it to handle almost anything

Author

Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Computer scientists -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Practice, Internet access -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects, Internet -- History, Pioneers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Practice, Social networks, Coronaviruses, Time, Coronavirus infections, Cold War, 1945-1991, Internet access, Market trend/market analysis, Internet, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg Coronavirus knocked down Çö at least for a time Çö Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf, who offers this reflection on the experience: 'I don't recommend it Ǫ It's [...]

Published
2020

10. YouTube recommended a Russian media site thousands of times for analysis of Mueller's report, a watchdog group says

Author

Harwell, Drew and Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Special prosecutors -- Reports -- Political activity -- Political aspects, Online social networks -- Political aspects -- Reports, Pressure groups -- Reports -- Political aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, RT International -- Political activity -- Political aspects -- Reports, YouTube (Online service) -- Political aspects -- Reports, RT (Online service) -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: Drew Harwell;Craig Timberg When the report by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III came out last week, offering the most authoritative account yet of Russian interference in the 2016 [...]

Published
2019

11. Working from home reveals another fault line in America's racial and educational divide

Author

Davenport, Christian, Gregg, Aaron, and Timberg, Craig

Subjects
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics -- Reports, Epidemics -- Influence -- Control -- United States, Whites -- Surveys -- Social aspects, Asian Americans -- Surveys -- Social aspects, Telecommuting -- Social aspects -- Surveys, Telecommuting, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Christian Davenport;Aaron Gregg;Craig Timberg At the Bath Iron Works on Maine's Kennebec River, workers are showing up by the hundreds to build ships for the Navy. At Mike Doherty's [...]

Published
2020

12. The new coronavirus economy: A gigantic experiment reshaping how we work and live

Author

Timberg, Craig, Harwell, Drew, Reiley, Laura, and Bhattarai, Abha

Subjects
Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects -- United States, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects, Infection control -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects, Retail trade, Security guards, Financial crises, Sandwiches, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Drew Harwell;Laura Reiley;Abha Bhattarai Ferrell Alvarez and Ty Rodriguez closed their restaurants in Tampa's trendy Seminole Heights neighborhood last week. But they have a plan for riding out [...]

Published
2020

13. Government efforts to track virus through phone location data complicated by privacy concerns

Author

Timberg, Craig and Harwell , Drew

Subjects
Electronic surveillance -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, Epidemics -- Prevention -- United States, Right of privacy -- Forecasts and trends, COVID-19 -- Prevention, World health -- Forecasts and trends, Smart phones -- Access control, Criminal investigation, Health, Privacy, Smart phone, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Drew Harwell The world's 3 billion-plus smartphones emit the kind of data that health authorities covet during outbreaks. They show where individuals are, where they've been and who [...]

Published
2020

14. U.S. government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone location data to combat coronavirus

Author

Romm, Tony, Dwoskin, Elizabeth, and Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Facebook Inc. -- Services, Google L.L.C. -- Services, Disease transmission -- Control, Epidemics -- Influence -- Control -- United States, Public-private sector cooperation -- Health aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Information services -- Services, Internet service providers -- Services, COVID-19 -- Influence -- Prevention -- Distribution, Personal information -- Access control, Data collection -- Methods, Smart phones -- Usage, Americans, Technology, Infection, High technology industry, Public health, Novels, Smart phone, Market trend/market analysis, Company distribution practices, Information services industry, Internet service provider, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Tony Romm;Elizabeth Dwoskin;Craig Timberg The U.S. government is in active talks with Facebook, Google and a wide array of tech companies and health experts about how they can use [...]

Published
2020

15. In fast-moving pandemic, sources of falsehoods spread by text, email, WhatsApp and TikTok elude authorities

Author

Timberg, Craig, Nakashima, Ellen, and Romm , Tony

Subjects
Text messaging -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Usage, Epidemics -- Social aspects -- United States, Online social networks -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends, COVID-19 -- Social aspects, Misinformation -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Health aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Email, Social media, Quarantine, Financial markets, Government regulation, Text messaging, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Ellen Nakashima;Tony Romm Misleading text messages claiming that President Trump was going to announce a national quarantine buzzed into cellphones across the country over the weekend, underscoring how [...]

Published
2020

16. Facebook, Twitter suspend Russian-linked operation targeting African Americans on social media

Author

Romm, Tony and Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Twitter Inc. -- Services -- Political activity, Facebook Inc. -- Services -- Political activity, Race discrimination -- Control -- Political aspects, African Americans -- Public relations, Information services -- Services -- Political activity, Online trolling -- Management -- Political aspects, Race relations, Nongovernmental organizations, Target marketing, Social media, Presidential elections, Company public relations, Company business management, Information services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Tony Romm;Craig Timberg Facebook and Twitter have disabled a sophisticated Russian-linked operation designed to stoke racial tensions among African Americans in the United States, the companies announced Thursday, raising [...]

Published
2020

17. Voting by mail, already on the rise, may get a $500 million federal boost from coronavirus fears

Author

Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Internet voting -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Government finance, Senators -- Powers and duties, State finance -- Laws, regulations and rules, Voting rights -- Laws, regulations and rules, COVID-19 -- Influence -- Economic aspects, Americans, Voting, Government regulation, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg Sen. Ron Wyden (D) is proposing $500 million of federal funding to help states prepare for possible voting disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Wyden's bill also [...]

Published
2020

18. Facebook takes down deceptive Trump campaign ads -- after first allowing them

Author

Timberg, Craig and Bahrampour , Tara

Subjects
Facebook Inc. -- Laws, regulations and rules, Disinformation -- Laws, regulations and rules, Political advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, President of the United States -- Political activity, Information services -- Laws, regulations and rules, Advertising executives, Government regulation, Information services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Tara Bahrampour Facebook removed Trump campaign ads on Thursday for violating its policy against misleading references to the U.S. census amid criticism that it has given politicians too [...]

Published
2020

19. Tech firms take a hard line against coronavirus myths. But what about other types of misinformation?

Author

Timberg, Craig, Romm, Tony, and Greene , Jay

Subjects
United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Powers and duties, High technology industry -- Industry forecasts -- Laws, regulations and rules, Online social networks -- Forecasts and trends -- Usage, COVID-19 -- Prevention, Misinformation -- Forecasts and trends -- Laws, regulations and rules, Technology, Social media, Public health, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Tony Romm;Jay Greene As misinformation about the coronavirus has spread online, YouTube has steered its viewers to credible news reports. Facebook has swept away some posts about phony [...]

Published
2020

20. How conservatives learned to wield power inside Facebook

Author

Timberg , Craig

Subjects
Facebook Inc. -- Services -- Political activity, Propaganda -- Evaluation, Presidential elections (United States) -- Evaluation, Conservatism -- Forecasts and trends, Information services -- Services -- Political activity, Online social networks -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects -- Usage, Neutrality, Power (Philosophy), Finance, Silicon, Presidential elections, Market trend/market analysis, Information services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg Facebook created 'Project P' -- for propaganda -- in the hectic weeks after the 2016 presidential election and quickly found dozens of pages that had peddled false [...]

Published
2020

21. The U.S. government fined the app now known as TikTok $5.7 million for illegally collecting children's data

Author

Timberg, Craig and Romm, Tony

Subjects
United States. Federal Trade Commission -- Powers and duties -- Information management, Privacy -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, Information services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Information management -- Forecasts and trends, Mobile applications -- Forecasts and trends -- Laws, regulations and rules, Data entry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, Information services -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Information management -- Forecasts and trends, Online social networks -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, Government regulation, Company systems management, Market trend/market analysis, Privacy issue, Information services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, TikTok (Online social network) -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Tony Romm Federal regulators fined social media app Musical.ly -- now known as TikTok -- $5.7 million for illegally collecting the names, email addresses, pictures and locations of [...]

Published
2019

22. Facebook and YouTube block spread of supposed whistleblower's name and photo. Twitter allows both

Author

Timberg, Craig and Stanley-Becker, Isaac

Subjects
Whistleblowing -- Media coverage, Informers -- Names -- Media coverage, Online social networks -- Political aspects -- Censorship, Web site management software, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, YouTube (Online service) -- Censorship, Facebook (Online social network) -- Censorship, Twitter (Online social network) -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Isaac Stanley-Becker Twitter found itself isolated this week as other major social media platforms moved to block users from spreading the name of a CIA officer who conservatives [...]

Published
2019

23. Twitter fueled attacks on Muslim candidates in 2018, study finds

Author

Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Minority politicians -- Political activity -- Demographic aspects -- Social aspects, Online social networks -- Usage -- Political aspects, Hatred -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, Xenophobia -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, Faith, Terrorists, Social science research, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Twitter (Online social network) -- Usage -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg Muslim candidates, including Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, endured torrents of hateful, xenophobic and threatening tweets during last year's campaign season, much of it amplified through [...]

Published
2019

24. 'Putin's chef,' architect of interference in 2016 U.S. election, is now meddling in African politics, Facebook says

Author

Timberg, Craig and Stanley-Becker , Isaac

Subjects
Africa -- Elections, Facebook Inc. -- Reports -- Laws, regulations and rules, Disinformation -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- 2019 AD, Information services industry -- Reports -- Laws, regulations and rules -- 2019 AD, Entrepreneurship -- Political activity -- 2019 AD, Presidents -- Elections -- Foreign policy -- 2019 AD, Businesspeople -- Political activity -- 2019 AD, Information services -- Reports -- Laws, regulations and rules -- 2019 AD, Online social networks -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects -- 2019 AD, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Information services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Isaac Stanley-Becker Facebook announced Wednesday that it had removed three networks of accounts it says are associated with Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Kremlin-linked businessman U.S. authorities charged [...]

Published
2019

25. WhatsApp accuses Israeli firm of helping governments hack phones of journalists, human rights workers

Author

Timberg, Craig and Greene, Jay

Subjects
NSO Group Technologies Ltd. -- Cases -- Political activity, WhatsApp Inc. -- Cases -- Political activity, Computer software industry -- Cases -- Political activity, Computer hackers -- Cases, Company legal issue, Hacker, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Jay Greene The messaging service WhatsApp filed suit in federal court Tuesday against the Israeli surveillance company NSO, claiming it acted illegally in helping governments hack into the [...]

Published
2019

26. Civil rights leaders thought they'd figured out how to deal with Facebook. But now they are 'livid.'

Author

Timberg , Craig

Subjects
Facebook Inc. -- Officials and employees -- Laws, regulations and rules, Executives -- Public relations -- 2020 AD, Political advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules -- 2020 AD, Freedom of speech -- Political aspects -- 2020 AD, Information services industry -- Officials and employees -- Laws, regulations and rules -- 2020 AD, Information services -- Officials and employees -- Laws, regulations and rules -- 2020 AD, Civil rights workers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- 2020 AD, Presidential elections (United States) -- Forecasts and trends -- 2020 AD, Government regulation, Company public relations, Market trend/market analysis, Information services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg As civil rights leaders prepared for a town hall event in Atlanta last month featuring Facebook's second-in-command Sheryl Sandberg, optimism ran high that company officials would address [...]

Published
2019

27. Facebook to offer 'News' tab for users -- and pay (some) publishers for their work

Author

Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Facebook Inc. -- Planning, Information services -- Planning, News agencies -- Planning, Fees, Technology, Organizations, Legal fees, High technology industry, Social media, Company business planning, Information services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg Facebook plans to launch a 'News' tab on Friday that will offer stories from hundreds of news organizations, some of which will be paid fees for supplying [...]

Published
2019

28. Years after Obama used Facebook to help him win the presidency, Silicon Valley is under Democratic fire

Author

Timberg, Craig, Stanley-Becker, Isaac, and Romm , Tony

Subjects
Campaign debates -- Forecasts and trends, Political campaigns -- Forecasts and trends, Industry regulations -- Planning -- Political aspects, Online information services -- Industry forecasts -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Democracy, Technology, Political parties, Unfair competition, High technology industry, Restraint of trade, Company business planning, Online information service, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Isaac Stanley-Becker;Tony Romm The Democratic Party's rapidly fading love affair with Big Tech has broken into open acrimony in recent weeks, punctuated by a presidential debate Tuesday in [...]

Published
2019

29. A Facebook policy lets politicians lie in ads, leaving Democrats fearing what Trump will do

Author

Timberg, Craig, Romm, Tony, and Harwell, Drew

Subjects
Facebook Inc. -- Services -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Disinformation -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects -- Social aspects, Political advertising -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Ethical aspects, Deception -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects -- Social aspects, Political campaigns -- Forecasts and trends, Information services -- Services -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Floods, Web site management software, Advertising executives, Machinery, Political parties, Social media, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Information services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Tony Romm;Drew Harwell As Facebook cracked down on disinformation flooding its social media platforms, executives decided to codify a key loophole: Politicians remained free to lie at will [...]

Published
2019

30. Bipartisan Senate report calls for sweeping effort to prevent Russian interference in 2020 election

Author

Timberg, Craig and Romm , Tony

Subjects
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Disinformation -- Political aspects -- Prevention, Presidential elections (United States) -- Forecasts and trends -- Safety and security measures, Russian espionage -- Forecasts and trends -- Prevention, Political campaigns -- Forecasts and trends, Silicon, Foreign investments, Social media, Presidential elections, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Tony Romm A bipartisan panel of U.S. senators Tuesday called for sweeping action by Congress, the White House and Silicon Valley to ensure social media sites aren't used [...]

Published
2019

31. Odd markings, ellipses fuel doubts about the rough transcript of Trump's Ukraine call

Author

Leonnig, Carol D., Timberg, Craig, and Harwell, Drew

Subjects
Presidents (Government) -- Political activity -- Investigations -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Records and correspondence -- Public relations, United States foreign relations, Ukrainian foreign relations, Impeachment, Company legal issue, Company public relations, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Carol D. Leonnig;Craig Timberg;Drew Harwell President Trump said Wednesday that his controversial July call with his Ukrainian counterpart was transcribed 'word-for-word, comma-for-comma,' an assertion that fueled growing questions about [...]

Published
2019

32. Amateur pro-Trump 'sleuths' scramble to unmask whistleblower: 'Your president has asked for your help'

Author

Timberg, Craig and Harwell, Drew

Subjects
Whistleblowing -- Political aspects, Information warfare -- Political aspects, President of the United States -- Public relations -- Records and correspondence, Impeachment, Presidential candidates, Intelligence gathering, Hearings, Detective fiction, Company public relations, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Drew Harwell The looming battle over President Trump's potential impeachment has sparked an online hunt in the far-right corners of the Web as self-styled Internet sleuths race to [...]

Published
2019

33. Facebook removes pro-Trump 'I Love America' page that was run by Ukrainians

Author

Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Facebook Inc. -- Information management, Ukrainian foreign relations, President of the United States -- Influence, Information services -- Information management, Memes -- Political aspects, Electronic periodicals, Company systems management, Information services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg A Facebook page called 'I Love America' that featured patriotic themes, rippling flags and pro-Trump memes was closed Monday after it turned out to be run by [...]

Published
2019

34. Secretive FBI demands for information go far beyond tech companies, new documents reveal

Author

Timberg, Craig and Barrett, Devlin

Subjects
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Powers and duties, Disclosure of information -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, High technology industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Records and correspondence, National security -- Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunications industry -- Records and correspondence -- Laws, regulations and rules, Data collection -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Technology, Contests, Government regulation, Telecommunications services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Freedom of Information Act
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Devlin Barrett The FBI has sent secretive written demands for information to more than 120 companies in recent years -- including telecommunications providers, technology firms and credit agencies [...]

Published
2019

35. The Facebook page 'Vets for Trump' was hijacked by a North Macedonian businessman. It took months for the owners to get it back

Author

Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Veterans -- Political activity, Online social networks -- Political aspects -- Management, Businesspeople -- Management, American soldiers, Company business management, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg The Facebook page 'Vets for Trump' was for most of its existence exactly what it seemed: a place where former U.S. service members touted Donald Trump, discussed [...]

Published
2019

36. Google to pay $170 million to settle charges it violated kids' privacy law on YouTube

Author

Romm, Tony, Bensinger, Greg, and Timberg , Craig

Subjects
United States. Federal Trade Commission -- Cases, Google Inc. -- Cases, Internet service providers -- Cases, Personal information -- Cases, Right of privacy -- Cases, Television and children, Advertising executives, Toys, Television programs, Privacy, Silicon, Children, Company legal issue, Internet service provider, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
Abstract

Byline: Tony Romm;Greg Bensinger;Craig Timberg Google will pay $170 million to settle allegations that it illegally collected data about children younger than age 13 who watched toy videos and television [...]

Published
2019

37. Apple aims to protect kids' privacy. App makers say it could devastate their businesses

Author

Albergotti, Reed and Timberg , Craig

Subjects
Apple Inc. -- Laws, regulations and rules, Mobile applications -- Laws, regulations and rules, Privacy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Children -- Safety and security measures, Internet advertising -- Laws, regulations and rules, Personal information -- Laws, regulations and rules, Computer industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Technology, Advertising executives, Advertising, Government regulation, Internet/Web advertising, Microcomputer industry, Privacy issue, Computer industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Reed Albergotti;Craig Timberg Apple plans to change the rules it has for kids apps, raising concerns among some app developers about the way the tech giant wields power unilaterally [...]

Published
2019

38. Federal regulators eye update to rules governing children's privacy and the Internet

Author

Romm, Tony and Timberg , Craig

Subjects
United States. Federal Trade Commission -- Powers and duties, Children -- Safety and security measures, Right of privacy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Personal information -- Access control -- Laws, regulations and rules, Data collection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Technology, Web sites (World Wide Web), Privacy, Government regulation, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
Abstract

Byline: Tony Romm;Craig Timberg Federal regulators this week began considering ways to update and potentially expand enforcement of the country's online children's-privacy law, questioning whether swift advances in technology have [...]

Published
2019

39. E.U.: Russians interfered in our elections, too

Author

Birnbaum, Michael and Timberg , Craig

Subjects
Disinformation -- Reports -- Investigations -- Political aspects, Russian foreign relations -- 2019 AD, Election controversies -- Investigations, Online social networks -- Political aspects -- Usage -- Investigations, Elections, Technology, Presidential elections, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, European Union -- Investigations
Abstract

Byline: Michael Birnbaum;Craig Timberg BRUSSELS -- Russia conducted a 'continued and sustained' disinformation campaign against Europe's recent parliamentary elections, the European Union reported Friday, the latest sign that Russia's high-tech [...]

Published
2019

40. Sex, drugs, and self-harm: Where 20 years of child online protection law went wrong

Author

Timberg , Craig

Subjects
United States. Federal Trade Commission -- Powers and duties, Children -- Safety and security measures, Online information services -- Laws, regulations and rules, Right of privacy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Data collection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Technology, Drugs, Violence, Conspiracy theories, Privacy, High technology industry, Suicide, Judgments (Law), Government regulation, Online information service, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg Two decades after Congress tried to wall off the worst of the Internet in hopes of protecting the privacy and innocence of children, the ramparts lie in [...]

Published
2019

41. Trump urges customers to drop AT&T to punish CNN over its coverage of him

Author

Timberg, Craig, Telford, Taylor, and Dawsey, Josh

Subjects
AT&T Inc. -- Services, Cable News Network -- Media coverage -- Political activity, Cable television broadcasting industry -- Media coverage -- Political activity, President of the United States -- Public relations -- Records and correspondence, Telecommunications industry -- Services, Boycotts -- Political aspects, Retail trade, Disinformation, Journalism, Company public relations, Telecommunications services industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Taylor Telford;Josh Dawsey President Trump took his long-running attacks against CNN to a new level on Monday by suggesting in tweets that a consumer boycott of its parent [...]

Published
2019

42. Security blog reports that First American left hundreds of millions of records exposed

Author

Timberg, Craig and Merle, Renae

Subjects
First American Financial Corp. -- Investigations -- Records and correspondence, Data security -- Investigations, Banking industry -- Investigations -- Records and correspondence, Internet security -- Investigations, Personal information -- Safety and security measures, Title companies, Real estate developers, Financial guaranty insurance, Insurance, Insurance industry, Real estate, Web sites (World Wide Web), Blogs, Insurance companies, Company legal issue, Internet security, Data security issue, Banking industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Renae Merle A leading mortgage settlement and title insurance company, First American Financial Corporation, left hundreds of millions of customer records accessible on the web, including personal information [...]

Published
2019

43. Will U.S. war on Huawei help China end its dependency on Western tech?

Author

Timberg, Craig and Albergotti, Reed

Subjects
Huawei Technologies Company Ltd. -- Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunications systems -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States foreign relations, Chinese foreign relations, President of the United States -- Trade policy, Trade disputes -- Political aspects, International trade -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Software industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Programmable logic arrays -- Laws, regulations and rules, Integrated circuits, Technology, Smart phones, Investments, Government regulation, Programmable logic array, International trade, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Reed Albergotti The geopolitical clash between the United States and China hinges on the tiniest of technologies, chips and other components that are essential to nearly every smartphone, [...]

Published
2019

44. World health officials take a hard line on screen time for kids. Will busy parents comply?

Author

Timberg, Craig and Siegel , Rachel

Subjects
Online games -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Health aspects, Child health -- Laws, regulations and rules, Parenting -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, Public health, Video recordings, Family life, Computer games, Children, Government regulation, Online game, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, World Health Organization -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Rachel Siegel The World Health Organization issued strict new guidelines Wednesday on one of the most anxiety-producing issues of 21st century family life: How much should parents resort [...]

Published
2019

45. Sri Lanka's social media shutdown illustrates global discontent with Silicon Valley

Author

Romm, Tony, Dwoskin, Elizabeth, and Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Easter Sunday Bombings, Sri Lanka, 2019, United States foreign relations, Sri Lankan foreign relations, Social media -- Censorship -- Access control, Suicide bombings -- Social aspects, Terrorism -- Social aspects, Misinformation -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Control, Bombings, Dictators, Democracy, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Tony Romm;Elizabeth Dwoskin;Craig Timberg The Sri Lankan government's decision to shutter access to social media sites after Sunday's deadly bombings may mark a turning point in how countries around [...]

Published
2019

46. How WhatsApp, FaceTime and other encryption apps shaped the outcome of the Mueller report

Author

Timberg, Craig and Harwell, Drew

Subjects
Special prosecutors -- Powers and duties, Political campaigns -- Investigations, Instant messaging software -- Influence -- Political aspects, Videoconferencing software -- Influence -- Political aspects, Data encryption -- Political aspects, Election controversies -- Investigations, President of the United States -- Political activity -- Investigations, Russian foreign relations, Public relations executives, Company legal issue, Instant messaging software, Videoconferencing software, Encryption, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, WhatsApp Messenger (Instant messaging software) -- Influence -- Political aspects, Facetime (Videoconferencing software) -- Influence -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Drew Harwell Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III detailed multiple contacts among Russian operatives and associates of President Trump in the report made public Thursday. But Mueller repeatedly [...]

Published
2019

47. Russian interference in 2016 sets landscape for 2020 presidential campaign

Author

Jaffe, Greg and Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Political campaigns -- Investigations -- Forecasts and trends, Special prosecutors -- Powers and duties, Russian foreign relations -- 2020 AD -- 2016 AD, Election controversies -- Investigations -- Forecasts and trends -- Influence, President of the United States -- Political activity, Email, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Greg Jaffe;Craig Timberg The report from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III lays out in stark detail Russian efforts to foment anger in the U.S. electorate and influence the [...]

Published
2019

48. Through email leaks and propaganda, Russians sought to elect Trump, Mueller finds

Author

Harris, Shane, Nakashima, Ellen, and Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Special prosecutors -- Reports, Russian foreign relations -- Investigations -- Political aspects, Foreign intervention -- Investigations -- Political aspects, Presidential elections (United States) -- International aspects, President of the United States -- Political activity, Email, Theft, Presidential elections, Propaganda, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Shane Harris;Ellen Nakashima;Craig Timberg In what will stand as among the most definitive public accounts of the Kremlin's attack on the American political system, the report of special counsel [...]

Published
2019

49. A computerized YouTube fact-checking tool goes very wrong: In flaming Notre Dame, it somehow sees 9/11 tragedy

Author

Timberg, Craig and Harwell, Drew

Subjects
YouTube Inc. -- Services -- Information management, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, Fire, 2019 -- Records and correspondence -- Social aspects, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Social aspects -- Records and correspondence, Mass media industry -- Services -- Information management, Misinformation -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects, Fires -- Social aspects -- France -- United States, Terrorism -- Social aspects, Television news, International trade, Company systems management, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Drew Harwell A new YouTube tool for battling misinformation failed in a highly public way on Monday, wrongly linking video of the flaming collapse of the spire at [...]

Published
2019

50. How the dream of cheap streaming television became a pricey, complicated mess

Author

Zeitchik, Steven and Timberg, Craig

Subjects
Streaming media -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects, Cable television broadcasting industry -- Industry forecasts -- Services, Online information services -- Industry forecasts -- Services, Cable networks (Television), Cable television, Internet videos, Broadband, Streaming media technology, Market trend/market analysis, Online information service, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Steven Zeitchik;Craig Timberg BURBANK, Calif. -- The dream of cutting the cord on pricey cable TV services went something like this: Consumers could get what they wanted, when they [...]

Published
2019

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