PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyCIA developed tools to hack smart TVs, phones, and cars — turning them into surveillance devices
5.0K votes
Dismissed by — CIA Officials
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyNSA's XKeyscore lets analysts search anyone's internet activity in real-time without authorization
4.8K votes
Dismissed by — NSA Officials
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyNSA's PRISM program gave backdoor access to Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft servers
5.2K votes
Dismissed by — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyInternal Facebook research confirmed Instagram worsened body image issues for 1 in 3 teen girls
2.9K votes
Dismissed by — Instagram Head Adam Mosseri
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyAmazon Alexa devices record and store conversations, with human employees listening to audio clips
2.8K votes
Dismissed by — Amazon Spokesperson
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyPolice secretly used Stingray cell-site simulators to track suspects without warrants, sweeping up innocent people's data
2.3K votes
Dismissed by — Harris Corporation (Stingray manufacturer)
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyNSO Group's Pegasus spyware was used by governments to spy on journalists, activists, and political opponents
3.7K votes
Dismissed by — NSO Group
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyBig Tech platforms coordinated with US government agencies to censor lawful speech — the Twitter Files
4.4K votes
Dismissed by — White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyFacebook knowingly designed addictive features and prioritized engagement over user safety
3.3K votes
Dismissed by — Mark Zuckerberg / Meta
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyGoogle secretly built a censored search engine for China (Project Dragonfly) that would link searches to phone numbers
2.6K votes
Dismissed by — Google CEO Sundar Pichai (initially)
INVESTIGATING💻 TechnologyCentral Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) enable unprecedented financial surveillance, prompting congressional resistance
2.9K votes
Dismissed by — Federal Reserve / ECB officials
PARTIAL💻 TechnologyYouTube's recommendation algorithm was found to promote conspiratorial and extremist content
2.0K votes
Dismissed by — YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyFacebook's own research showed Instagram is toxic for teen girls, but the company hid the findings
3.1K votes
Dismissed by — Facebook VP of Global Affairs Nick Clegg
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyTwitter actively suppressed COVID lab leak discussion at the direction of government agencies
3.8K votes
Dismissed by — Twitter Trust & Safety Team
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyGoogle maintained an illegal search monopoly through anticompetitive practices, as revealed in antitrust trial
2.9K votes
Dismissed by — Google spokesperson
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologyTikTok's US user data was repeatedly accessed from China despite company denials
3.5K votes
Dismissed by — TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew
PROVEN RIGHT💻 TechnologySamsung and LG smart TVs were confirmed to be recording and transmitting user data without consent
2.7K votes
Dismissed by — Samsung Electronics