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A protester holds an European Union flag next to cardboard cutouts depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a demonstration ahead of a meeting between Zuckerberg and leaders of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, May 22, 2018.

European lawmakers had tough questions for Mark Zuckerberg. For the most part, he ducked them.

Technology

Several MEPs blamed the meeting’s format for the lack of answers. After nearly an hour of questioning, Zuckerberg was left with about 25 minutes to selectively answer them. He gave away little and promised to provide more details in writing.

Activity using Strava's tracking technologies such as the one above has helped the company produce a heat map of the world using one billion total activities.

Recent discovery on Strava heat map points out the ease of leaking data through social media platforms

Technology
When it comes to protecting your cyber identity, two tips that cybersecurity experts offer are to use a password manager and two-factor authentication (when possible).

In the midst of complex hacking operations, here are simple tips to improve your cybersecurity

Technology
aerial photo of large complex in foothills

A new government report is on hold because of errors — and now we know even less about immigration enforcement

Conflict
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, on the right, joined White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer for the daily press briefing on Monday, March 27.

This is the data we no longer get about immigration enforcement under the Trump administration

Justice
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A panel from the new book, "Terms of Service: Understanding Our Role in the World of Big Data."

Al Jazeera America explains big data with help from a comic book artist

Books

“Term of Service” explores and answers question about big data. And it does it in a way where you can actually understand what it means and why you should care.

New Digital Public Library of America seeks to increase accessibility to treasured works

Environment

The Digital Public Library of America is seeking to build a large collection of digital archives that otherwise might not be widely available. It went online this week.

Death of internet activist and innovator creates call for updated copyright law

Environment

The death of Aaron Swartz has added a new data point to the discussion of mental health services available in the United States. That’s certainly the case. But for some people, his death is also an issue in an ongoing battle over copyright law.

Lawrence Lessig on ‘Fair Game’

Global Politics

The Stanford law professor and web icon talks to Faith about why he’s decided to tackle corruption and the influence of money in politics.

The World

Ad Campaign Exposes the Irony of #FirstWorldProblems Meme

Global Politics

Haitians are the spokespeople for a new ad campaign getting lots of YouTube hits this month. The video features Haitians reading tweets from the hashtag #FirstWorldProblems as they stand by the rubble of their former homes and neighborhoods.

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