AT&T stores details for every call, text message, Skype chat, or other communication that has passed through its infrastructure, retaining many records dating back to 1987, according to the Times 2013 Hemisphere report. The scope and length of the collection has accumulated trillions of records and is believed to be larger than any phone record database collected by the NSA under the Patriot Act, the Times reported.
Reddit Fired the Woman Trying to Save It - The Daily Beast
Reddit execs found themselves at war with their own massive userbase Thursday when over a thousand communities went dark to protest the termination of Victoria Taylor, the website’s primary employee tasked with keeping its community less susceptible to abuse.
The company’s last two announcements called for “removing harassing subreddits” and “taking a step forward [toward] transparency.” Taylor was often seen as the only path for the website’s volunteers to alert the company’s executives of harassment or a lack of transparency.
With her gone, users have effectively shut down the most popular parts of the site.
(Source: thedailybeast.com)
How the Feds Asked Me to Rat Out Commenters - The Daily Beast
Reason.com, the website Nick Gillespie edits, was recently commanded by the feds to provide information on a few commenters and not discuss it. Here’s why he’s speaking out.
(Source: thedailybeast.com)
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