Dell Cameron, Author at Gizmodo

How Memestock Traders Responded to Mockery From the Government

“Like, are they TRYING to get me to buy more?” one would-be trader wrote after watching a fake game show made by the SEC.

By Dell Cameron Published June 7, 2022

Tech News

Coming to iOS: ‘Safety Check’ for Domestic Violence Victims

Safety Check will reset an iPhone's privacy settings and prevent location tracking by abusive partners.

By Dell Cameron Published June 6, 2022

Tech NewsSocial Media

Sheryl Sandberg Quits Facebook

Facebook's COO said she was leaving the company 'proud of everything' she'd achieved with Mark Zuckerberg in 14 years.

By Dell Cameron Published June 1, 2022

Tech News

This Coffee Company’s Been Spying on Customers With Its App, According to the Canadian Government

"You can’t spy on your customers just because it fits in your marketing strategy," British Columbia's privacy commissioner said of Tim Hortons.

By Dell Cameron Published June 1, 2022

Tech News

Facebook Killed News Feed Fixes Over Fear of Conservative Backlash

Facebook said it did not "build and withhold any News Feed changes based on potential impact on any one political party.” Internal documents say otherwise.

Dell Cameron & Shoshana Wodinsky & Mack DeGeurin Published May 16, 2022

Tech News

Senator: Overturning Roe Will ‘Weaponize’ Women’s Data

Sen. Ron Wyden said shady data practices put the 'lives and essential rights of women' at risk.

By Dell Cameron Published May 3, 2022

Tech News

7 Things We Learned From the Facebook Papers About Jan. 6, Meta, and the News Feed

Here's a look at just a few of the first 1,000 previously confidential pages Gizmodo published this month.

By Dell Cameron Published May 3, 2022

Tech News

Here’s What the Facebook Papers Say About the Ranking Algorithms That Control Your News Feed

Facebook employees knew that a computer-curated feed increased the time users spent on the social network—and that it led to unhealthy behaviors.

Dell Cameron & Shoshana Wodinsky & Mack DeGeurin Published May 2, 2022

Tech News

Minneapolis Cops Used Fake Accounts to Spy on Innocent Black People

Minneapolis P.D. engaged in a 'pattern and practice' of racial discrimination both online and off for at least 10 years, a state agency said.

By Dell Cameron Published April 27, 2022

Tech News

Twitter Admits It Hid Tweets About HBO’s QAnon Docuseries [Updated]

Twitter told the director of "Q: Into the Storm" it had "made the decision not to allow promotion of this documentary" when he tried to advertise the film.

By Dell Cameron Published April 27, 2022

Tech News

Read the Facebook Papers for Yourself

Hundreds of internal documents formed the basis of dozen of news stories. They have not been made public. Until now.

Dell Cameron & Shoshana Wodinsky & Mack DeGeurin & Thomas Germain Published April 18, 2022

Tech News

Here’s What the Facebook Papers Say About Donald Trump, the 2020 Election, and Jan. 6.

Gizmodo has reviewed, redacted, and published more than two dozen leaked Facebook documents, the first of hundreds to come.

Dell Cameron & Shoshana Wodinsky & Mack DeGeurin Published April 18, 2022

Tech News

Justice Department Admits: We Don’t Even Know How Many Predictive Policing Tools We’ve Funded

The Justice Department has acknowledged its own lack of oversight over controversial cop grants in a long-awaited letter.

By Dell Cameron Published March 17, 2022

Photo: Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP

Tech News

Texas CEO Who Loaned Trump a Jet Has ‘No Comment’ on Funding Canada’s Anti-Vax Truckers

Ben Pogue, an apparent Freedom Convoy donor, was among 90,000 names included in leaked GiveSendGo donation data.

Dell Cameron & Tom McKay Published February 15, 2022

Tech NewsPrivacy & Security

New Leak Suggests Most Users Funding Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ Reside in U.S.

Nearly half of the total funding is linked to U.S. accounts, the unverified data says.

Dell Cameron & Tom McKay Published February 14, 2022

Tech NewsPolitics

Vaccines, the Super Bowl, and Microwaved Brains: How Americans Caught ‘Freedom Convoy’ Fever

Attempts to bring Canadian truckers' 'freedom convoy' to the U.S. are mired in dysfunction.

Dell Cameron & Tom McKay & Andrew Couts Published February 11, 2022

Tech News

Neo-Nazis Mostly Thrilled Joe Rogan Called Them ‘Feds’

Leaked chats reveal how America's most active white nationalists exploit critical media coverage.

Dell Cameron & Tom McKay Published February 1, 2022

Tech NewsPrivacy & Security

Leaked Chats Reveal Evidence of Hate Crimes by U.S. Fascists

Patriot Front members confessed to destroying numerous works of art in private messages.

Dell Cameron & Tom McKay Published January 21, 2022

Tech News

Chicago Teachers Locked Out of Digital Classrooms Amid Omicron Surge

City officials reacted after the Chicago Teachers Union voted to resume remote learning.

By Dell Cameron Published January 5, 2022

Tech NewsPrivacy & Security

Russian Businessman Taken by U.S. Accused of Swiping Earnings Reports From Tesla, Others

Vladislav Klyushin is accused in a hacking scheme said to have netted tens of millions.

By Dell Cameron Published December 20, 2021

Dell Cameron

How Memestock Traders Responded to Mockery From the Government

Coming to iOS: ‘Safety Check’ for Domestic Violence Victims

Sheryl Sandberg Quits Facebook

This Coffee Company’s Been Spying on Customers With Its App, According to the Canadian Government

Facebook Killed News Feed Fixes Over Fear of Conservative Backlash

Senator: Overturning Roe Will ‘Weaponize’ Women’s Data

7 Things We Learned From the Facebook Papers About Jan. 6, Meta, and the News Feed

Here’s What the Facebook Papers Say About the Ranking Algorithms That Control Your News Feed

Minneapolis Cops Used Fake Accounts to Spy on Innocent Black People

Twitter Admits It Hid Tweets About HBO’s QAnon Docuseries [Updated]

Read the Facebook Papers for Yourself

Here’s What the Facebook Papers Say About Donald Trump, the 2020 Election, and Jan. 6.

Justice Department Admits: We Don’t Even Know How Many Predictive Policing Tools We’ve Funded

Texas CEO Who Loaned Trump a Jet Has ‘No Comment’ on Funding Canada’s Anti-Vax Truckers

New Leak Suggests Most Users Funding Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ Reside in U.S.

Vaccines, the Super Bowl, and Microwaved Brains: How Americans Caught ‘Freedom Convoy’ Fever

Neo-Nazis Mostly Thrilled Joe Rogan Called Them ‘Feds’

Leaked Chats Reveal Evidence of Hate Crimes by U.S. Fascists

Chicago Teachers Locked Out of Digital Classrooms Amid Omicron Surge

Russian Businessman Taken by U.S. Accused of Swiping Earnings Reports From Tesla, Others

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