Capture lane

Digital & Tech Capture

The Digital & Tech Capture capture lane traces 567 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

567 events From Jan 1, 1970 To Mar 31, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2021-11-23Apple Sues NSO Group Over FORCEDENTRY Exploit and Pegasus Spyware Targeting
Apple · NSO Group · Citizen Lab · US District Court Northern California
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2021-11-23Federal Jury Finds CVS, Walgreens, Walmart Liable for Fueling Ohio Opioid Crisis
CVS · Walgreens · Walmart · Lake County Ohio · +1
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2021-11-16Jonathan Kanter Confirmed as DOJ Antitrust Chief After Longest Delay in Modern History
Jonathan Kanter · Department of Justice · U.S. Senate · Antitrust Division
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2021-11-09Office of Special Counsel Report Documents Hatch Act Violations by 13 Senior Trump Officials, Finding "Willful Disregard" for Federal Law
Mike Pompeo · Chad Wolf · Kellyanne Conway · Jared Kushner · +9
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2021-10-05Frances Haugen Senate Testimony Exposes Facebook Algorithmic Harm to Children and Democracy
Frances Haugen · Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · U.S. Senate · +1
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2021-09-15Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, and Maggie Nichols Testify Before Senate on FBI's Betrayal in Nassar Case
Simone Biles · McKayla Maroney · Aly Raisman · Maggie Nichols · +6
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2021-09-01Bankruptcy Court Approves Sackler Immunity Deal Despite DOJ Opposition
Robert Drain · Sackler Family · Purdue Pharma · U.S. Department of Justice · +1
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2021-08-15ShotSpotter Accuracy Crisis - Chicago Inspector General Report and Williams Case
ShotSpotter · Michael Williams · Chicago Police Department
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2021-08-02NLRB Hearing Officer Rules Amazon Illegally Interfered in Bessemer Election, Recommends New Vote
National Labor Relations Board · Amazon · Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
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2021-07-29Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Indicted for Securities Fraud, Exposing How SPAC Loophole Enabled Investor Deception
Trevor Milton · Nikola Corporation · Securities and Exchange Commission · U.S. Department of Justice · +3
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2021-07-21Clearview AI Raises $30 Million Series B Funding Despite Widespread Privacy Violations
Clearview AI · Kirenaga Partners · Peter Thiel · Naval Ravikant
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2021-07-09Biden Signs Executive Order 14036: 72 Competition Initiatives, Most Comprehensive Since FDR
Joe Biden · Federal Trade Commission · Department of Justice · White House Competition Council
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2021-07-06Pentagon Cancels $10B JEDI Contract, Creates Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability
Pentagon · Microsoft · Amazon Web Services · Google · +1
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2021-06-24Chainalysis Raises $100 Million at $4.2 Billion Valuation in Series E
Chainalysis · Coatue
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2021-06-15Lina Khan Confirmed as FTC Chair at Age 32, Youngest Ever
Lina Khan · Joe Biden · U.S. Senate · Federal Trade Commission
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2021-06-03FBI Investigates DeJoy Over Alleged Straw Donor Campaign Finance Scheme
Louis DeJoy · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Carolyn Maloney · John Sarbanes
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2021-05-28Biden Nominates Frank Kendall for Air Force Secretary After $702,000 in Northrop Grumman Consulting Fees
Frank Kendall · Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · Joe Biden · +1
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2021-05-18Amazon extends Rekognition police ban indefinitely as Congressional regulation stalls
Amazon · AWS · Andy Jassy · Jeff Bezos
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2021-04-09Amazon Defeats Bessemer Union Vote 1,798 to 738 After Intensive Anti-Union Campaign
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
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2021-03-18Cellebrite Halts Sales to Russia and Belarus After Human Rights Abuse Revelations
Cellebrite · Eitay Mack
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2021-03-05Palantir and AWS Formalize Strategic Partnership for Government Data Analytics
Palantir Technologies · Amazon Web Services · Central Intelligence Agency · U.S. Department of Defense
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2021-02-08Amazon Launches Massive Anti-Union Campaign at Bessemer Alabama Warehouse
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union · Morgan Lewis
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2021-02-03Canadian Privacy Commissioners Declare Clearview AI Represents "Mass Surveillance" of Citizens
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada · Clearview AI · RCMP
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2021-01-15PredPol Rebrands as Geolitica Amid Mounting Criticism of Racial Bias
PredPol · Geolitica
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2021-01-14Rick Snyder Charged With Misdemeanors for Poisoning Thousands—First Governor Ever Criminally Charged
Rick Snyder · Dana Nessel · Fadwa Hammoud
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2021-01-01Hospital Price Transparency Rule Takes Effect with Widespread Non-Compliance and Weak CMS Enforcement
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Hospital corporations · Northside Hospital
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2020-12-14NBER Study Reveals Private Equity Nursing Home Ownership Increases Mortality 10%, Causes 20,000 Excess Deaths
National Bureau of Economic Research · Private equity firms · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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2020-11-20CIA Awards Multibillion-Dollar C2E Cloud Contract to Oracle, AWS, Microsoft, Google, IBM
Central Intelligence Agency · Oracle · Amazon Web Services · Microsoft · +2
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2020-11-03Judge Sullivan Orders Emergency USPS Ballot Sweeps, DeJoy Initially Defies Court Order
Emmet Sullivan · Louis DeJoy · USPS · Federal Courts
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2020-10-02Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19, Hospitalized at Walter Reed with Experimental Treatments
Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Sean Conley · Mike Pence · +1
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2020-10-01Amazon Discloses 19,816 Workers Infected with COVID-19 After Months of Concealment
Jeff Bezos · Amazon
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2020-09-26Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, Religious Conservative to Replace Liberal Icon Ginsburg
Donald Trump · Amy Coney Barrett · Mitch McConnell · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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2020-09-24Ring announces Always Home Cam, autonomous drone for indoor home surveillance
Ring · Amazon · Leila Rouhi
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2020-09-14HHS Spends $300 Million in Taxpayer Funds on "Defeating Despair" COVID Ad Campaign Timed to Promote Trump Before Election
Michael Caputo · Donald Trump · Dennis Quaid · CeCe Winans · +1
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2020-08-24DeJoy House Testimony Refuses to Restore Mail Sorting Machines Despite Court Concerns
Louis DeJoy · Carolyn Maloney · Ro Khanna · Harley Rouda · +1
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2020-08-13Epic Games Sues Apple Over App Store Monopoly and 30% Commission Tax on Developers
Epic Games · Tim Sweeney · Apple · Tim Cook
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2020-08-13Trump Explicitly Admits Blocking USPS Funding to Restrict Mail Voting
Donald Trump · Louis DeJoy · USPS
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2020-07-01CBP Awards Anduril $25 Million for Autonomous Surveillance Towers at Border
Anduril Industries · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Palmer Luckey
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2020-06-25Wirecard Files for Insolvency After €1.9 Billion Goes Missing, Exposing Decade of EY Audit Failure and German Regulatory Capture
Wirecard · Markus Braun · Jan Marsalek · EY · +4
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2020-06-19Oracle BlueKai Exposes Billions of Web Tracking Records in Unsecured Database
Oracle · BlueKai
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2020-06-10Amazon announces one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition after George Floyd protests
Amazon · AWS · Jeff Bezos
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2020-04-20Whole Foods Heat Map Tracks Stores at Risk of Unionization Using Diversity and Demographics
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Whole Foods
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2020-03-30Amazon Fires Christian Smalls for Organizing COVID Safety Protest
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Christian Smalls · David Zapolsky
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2020-03-06Trump Wears "Keep America Great" Campaign Hat During CDC Visit, Makes False Testing Claims
Donald Trump · Robert Redfield · Alex Azar · Mike Pence · +1
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2020-02-20Axon Launches Axon Air Drone Platform, Integrating Aerial Surveillance into Police Evidence Ecosystem
Axon · Escondido Police Department · DJI
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2020-02-14YouTube Terminates Nick Fuentes Channel for Hate Speech Violations
Nick Fuentes
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2020-02-07Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Vindman and Sondland in Coordinated Retaliation Purge
Donald Trump · Alexander Vindman · Yevgeny Vindman · Gordon Sondland · +2
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2020-01-31Bolton Book Manuscript Reveals Trump Directly Tied Ukraine Aid to Biden Investigation
John Bolton · Donald Trump · Mitch McConnell · Senate Republicans
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2020-01-31Senate Votes 51-49 to Block Witnesses in Impeachment Trial, Ensuring Trump Acquittal
Mitch McConnell · Mitt Romney · Susan Collins · Senate Republicans · +1
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2020-01-16Pelosi Transmits Impeachment Articles to Senate After 28-Day Strategic Delay
Nancy Pelosi · Mitch McConnell · Adam Schiff · Donald Trump
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2020-01-01McKinsey Advised Purdue on "Turbocharging" OxyContin Sales, Targeting High-Volume Prescribers
McKinsey & Company · Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family
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2020-01-01Wage Theft Steals More from Workers Than All Other Property Crime Combined
Corporate employers · Low-wage workers · U.S. Department of Labor · State labor agencies
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2019-12-18House Votes to Impeach Trump on Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress
Donald Trump · Nancy Pelosi · Adam Schiff · House Democrats
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2019-12-03Rep. Duncan Hunter Pleads Guilty to Stealing Campaign Funds After Blaming Wife
Duncan Hunter · Margaret Hunter · Donald Trump
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2019-11-21Fiona Hill Testifies - Giuliani Ran Shadow Ukraine Policy for "Domestic Political Errand"
Fiona Hill · Rudy Giuliani · John Bolton · Gordon Sondland · +1
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2019-11-20Sondland Testifies - "Was There a Quid Pro Quo? The Answer Is Yes. Everyone Was in the Loop."
Gordon Sondland · Mike Pompeo · Mike Pence · Mick Mulvaney · +2
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2019-11-16OMB Official Mark Sandy Testifies on Ukraine Aid Freeze, Reveals Two Colleagues Resigned Over Concerns
Mark Sandy · Michael Duffey · Donald Trump · Office of Management and Budget
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2019-11-15Ambassador Yovanovitch Testifies on Giuliani Smear Campaign and Removal from Ukraine Post
Marie Yovanovitch · Rudy Giuliani · Donald Trump · Lev Parnas · +1
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2019-10-29Lt. Col. Vindman Testifies - "It Was Improper for the President to Demand Investigation of U.S. Citizen"
Alexander Vindman · Donald Trump · Fiona Hill
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2019-10-22Acting Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylor Testifies - Clear Quid Pro Quo for Biden Investigation
Bill Taylor · Gordon Sondland · Rudy Giuliani · Donald Trump
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2019-10-08Trump Blocks Ambassador Sondland Testimony, Declares Total Obstruction of Congress
Donald Trump · Gordon Sondland · Mike Pompeo · Adam Schiff
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2019-09-24Speaker Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry After Ukraine Revelations
Nancy Pelosi · Donald Trump · Adam Schiff · House Democrats
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2019-09-15Purdue Pharma Files Bankruptcy to Shield Sackler Family from Civil Lawsuits
Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Richard Sackler · David Sackler · +3
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2019-09-14Raytheon's $15 Billion Patriot Missile System Fails Spectacularly, Allowing Drone Swarm to Cripple Saudi Oil Production
Raytheon · Saudi Arabia · Iran · Mohammed bin Salman · +1
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2019-09-02Amazon Warehouse Worker Billy Foister Dies on Warehouse Floor After Heart Attack
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Billy Foister
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2019-08-28Ring announces partnerships with 400+ police departments, building massive surveillance network
Ring · Amazon
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2019-08-13Jeffrey Epstein Sent Letter to Larry Nassar from Prison Days Before Suicide, Revealing Sex Offender Network
Jeffrey Epstein · Larry Nassar · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice · +1
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2019-08-12Intelligence Community Whistleblower Files Urgent Complaint About Trump-Zelensky Call
IC Whistleblower · Michael Atkinson · Joseph Maguire · Donald Trump
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2019-07-25Russell Vought Freezes Ukraine Aid on Trump Order, Triggering First Impeachment
Russ Vought · Donald Trump · Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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2019-07-25Trump Pressures Zelensky in Phone Call - "I Would Like You to Do Us a Favor Though"
Donald Trump · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Rudy Giuliani
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2019-06-27Axon Ethics Board Recommends Against Facial Recognition in Body Cameras, Company Agrees to Pause Development
Axon · AI and Policing Technology Ethics Board · Barry Friedman
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2019-06-07Trump Administration Approves Unprecedented Raytheon Technology Transfer to Let Saudis Build Bombs Domestically
Donald Trump · Raytheon · Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · +2
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2019-05-29Mueller Warns Charging a Sitting President is Constitutionally Prohibited
Robert Mueller · William Barr
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2019-05-07Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Recalled from Ukraine After Giuliani-Led Smear Campaign
Marie Yovanovitch · Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Yuriy Lutsenko · +3
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2019-05-01Academic Studies Document PredPol's Racial Bias and Ineffectiveness
PredPol · LAPD
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2019-02-14Northrop Grumman Pays $5.2 Million for Fraudulent USPS Contract Labor Billing
Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service · USPS Office of Inspector General
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2019-02-01Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group Announces Xinjiang Training Facility Amid Uyghur Detention Campaign
Erik Prince · Frontier Services Group · Chang Zhenming · CITIC Group
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2019-01-10The Intercept reveals Ring employees in Ukraine had unfettered access to customer video feeds
Ring · Amazon · Jeff Bezos
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2019-01-01Vance Returns to Ohio, Launches Narya Capital
J.D. Vance · Peter Thiel · Eric Schmidt · Marc Andreessen · +2
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2018-11-29Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress About Trump Tower Moscow Timeline
Michael Cohen · Donald Trump · Dmitry Peskov · Robert Mueller
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2018-11-13Amazon Selects NYC and Arlington for HQ2—Extracting at Least $4.6 Billion in Subsidies
Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Andrew Cuomo · Bill de Blasio · +1
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2018-11-01Northrop Grumman Pays $31.65 Million for Fraudulent Overbilling of Air Force Contracts
Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · U.S. Air Force · Defense Criminal Investigative Service · +2
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2018-10-27Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre: Gab-Radicalized Gunman Kills 11 in Deadliest Antisemitic Attack in US History
Robert Bowers · HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) · Tree of Life Congregation
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2018-10-02Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15 But Eliminates Bonuses and Stock Options
Jeff Bezos · Amazon
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2018-09-26Amazon's Anti-Union Training Video Leaked - Exposes Systematic Union Suppression Program
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Whole Foods
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2018-09-05Bernie Sanders Introduces "Stop BEZOS Act" Targeting Amazon Wages
Bernie Sanders · Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Ro Khanna
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2018-08-21Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Campaign Finance Violations, Implicates Trump as "Individual-1"
Michael Cohen · Donald Trump · Stormy Daniels · Karen McDougal
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2018-08-21Rep. Duncan Hunter and Wife Indicted for $250,000 Campaign Finance Fraud
Duncan Hunter · Margaret Hunter
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2018-08-14Peter Thiel's Founders Fund Invests $15M in Carbyne, Connecting Epstein-Barak Surveillance Network to Erik Prince Operations
Peter Thiel · Erik Prince · Lital Leshem · Jeffrey Epstein · +7
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2018-08-01200+ Palantir Employees Sign Letter Protesting Company's ICE Contracts; External Protesters Demonstrate
Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Tech Workers Coalition · +1
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2018-07-26ACLU test reveals Amazon Rekognition misidentified 28 Congress members as criminals, showing racial bias
American Civil Liberties Union · Amazon · AWS · John Lewis · +1
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2018-07-18EU Fines Google Record €4.34B for Android Monopoly Abuse Through Bundling
Google · European Commission · Margrethe Vestager · Sundar Pichai · +3
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2018-07-13HHS Inspector General Finds Tom Price Violated Federal Travel Rules, Wasted $341,000 on Private Jets
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General · Tom Price · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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2018-07-12Tech Workers Coalition: Establishing Digital Resistance Infrastructure
Tech Workers Coalition · Silicon Valley Employees · Digital Rights Advocates · Rachel Melendes · +2
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2018-06-23Peter Thiel Receives First Putin Meeting Invitation Through Russian Diplomat
Peter Thiel · Vladimir Putin · Daniil Bisslinger · Christian Angermayer · +1
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2018-06-15Amazon aggressively pitches Rekognition facial recognition to ICE during family separation crisis
Amazon · AWS · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +1
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2018-06-14New York AG Sues Trump Foundation for "Persistent Illegal Conduct" and Coordinating with Campaign
Barbara Underwood · Donald Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Eric Trump · +2
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2018-06-11Net Neutrality Repeal Officially Takes Effect, Permitting ISPs to Throttle, Block, and Prioritize Content for Payment
Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Comcast Corporation · Verizon Communications · +1
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2018-05-16Michigan State University Agrees to $500 Million Settlement with 332 Nassar Survivors—Largest University Sexual Abuse Settlement in History
Michigan State University · Lou Anna Simon · John Engler · Larry Nassar · +2
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2018-05-08Armenian Parliament Confirms Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister, Completing Velvet Revolution
Nikol Pashinyan · Armenian Civil Society · Republican Party of Armenia · Armenian Parliament
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