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ICE Just Renewed Its Contract With Palantir
Despite organized protests around the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement just renewed its contract with Peter Thiel’s data aggregation and surveillance company.
Facebook Said It Wasn't Listening to Your Conversations. It Was.
Facebook's excuse? All the other tech companies were doing it, too.
West Bengal Has the Highest Number of People Googling ‘Marry Kashmir Girl’
This comes after the government revoked an article that allows the state to take privileges away from women who marry non-Kashmirs
The True Story of How Your Data Was Stolen to Fix Elections
VICE speaks to the directors of 'The Great Hack', a new Netflix documentary about the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Alarming Report Finds Not a Single Girl Born in 132 Indian Villages Since April
"We have discovered that out of a total of 216 deliveries, not a single girl child has been born in 132 villages, which is suspicious and has highlighted female foeticide."
Polling Officials Forget to Delete Fake Votes, Decide to Erase Real Ones to Hide Their Tracks
After being accused of manipulating Electronic Voting Machines, the Election Commission is now investigating a new fuck-up in Himachal Pradesh that compromises the democratic process.
What Happens When the FBI Raids a Biological Testing Startup
When the FBI raided the offices of at-home microbiome testing startup uBiome, it likely took with it data about a Motherboard reporter's health.
Why Weed Stores Are Scanning Your ID And What To Do About It
Cannabis lawyer Jack Lloyd told VICE there’s reason to be concerned about potential privacy breaches.
Why You Should Make a 'Digital Will'
We spoke to psychologist Elaine Kasket about her new book that looks at what happens to our data when we die.
Health Apps Can Share Your Data Everywhere, New Study Shows
A study tested two dozen medicine apps to find out how and where they're sharing your personal data.
‘Privacy Is Becoming a Luxury’: What Data Leaks Are Like for the Poor
"I felt like my identity or whatever didn't matter to them."
Jussie Smollett allegedly faked his attack. But hate crimes are almost never hoaxes, data shows.
In both 2016 and 2017, only about .3 percent of reported hate crimes turned out to be fake.