How A Viral Twitter Thread Became This Summer’s Best Movie

BuzzFeed News talked to A’ziah “Zola” King and the cast of Zola about how this outrageous comedy got made.

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How A Facial Recognition Tool Found Its Way Into Hundreds Of US Police Departments, Schools, And Taxpayer-Funded Organizations

A BuzzFeed News investigation has found that employees at law enforcement agencies across the US ran thousands of Clearview AI facial recognition searches — often without the knowledge of the public or even their own departments.

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A Government Watchdog May Have Missed Clearview AI Use By Five Federal Agencies In A New Report

In a government accountability report about facial recognition, five federal agencies said they didn’t use Clearview AI. Data reviewed by BuzzFeed News suggests they should have.

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Your Local Police Department Might Have Used This Facial Recognition Tool To Surveil You. Find Out Here.

Search through BuzzFeed News’ database to find out if the police department in your community is among the hundreds of taxpayer-funded entities that used Clearview AI’s facial recognition.

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US Intelligence Agencies Are Trying To Solve Scientific Mysteries And Failing Badly

Secret intelligence reports are offering up answers to three big scientific mysteries — but the speculation doesn’t always square up with science.

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A Scientist Tracked Down Chinese Coronavirus Sequences That Had Disappeared Online

“I think it’s certainly consistent with an attempt to hide the sequences,” said the researcher, whose internet sleuthing has uncovered 13 genetic sequences from early in the outbreak in Wuhan, China.

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John McAfee Was Found Dead In A Spanish Jail Hours After A Court Ruled He'd Be Extradited To The US

The eccentric tech millionaire was arrested last October on charges of tax evasion.

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Instagram Censored Posts About One Of Islam’s Holiest Mosques, Drawing Employee Ire

The photo-sharing app mistakenly removed content about the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the site of clashes between Israeli police forces and Palestinian worshippers, after associating the site with terrorism.

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We Found Joe Biden’s Secret Venmo. Here’s Why That’s A Privacy Nightmare For Everyone.

The peer-to-peer payments app leaves everyone from ordinary people to the most powerful person in the world exposed.

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There Are No Laws Restricting “Stingray” Use. This New Bill Would Help.

“Stingrays” mimic cellphone towers to intercept phone calls and texts. This is the first law that would regulate their use.

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