FBI probes media trading practices in the US | Campaign US

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into media trading and transparency in the US advertising market. Campaign has learned from multiple sources that representatives from the FBI have been contacting people with knowledge of the ad industry and asking for their help in recent months. It is thought that the FBI, the law enforcement…

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Former ICE Chief Counsel Gets 4 Years In Prison For Stealing Immigrants’ Identities : NPR

END CLASS=”STORYTITLE” END CLASS=”STORY-TOOLS” END ID=”STORY-META” CLASS=”STORY-META HAS-BYLINE” A former top attorney at ICE in Washington state has pleaded guilty to stealing the personal information of immigrants who were at risk of deportation and using the data to defraud banks. Here, protesters stand outside the ICE office in Seattle during a demonstration in May.  …

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UK Regulators May Fine Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica | WIRED

The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK has announced its intention to fine Facebook more than $600,000 for its “lack of transparency and security issues” related to third party data harvesting. The ICO is also taking steps toward bringing criminal action against SCL Elections, the now-defunct parent company of the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica,…

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Donald Trump is leading the Republican charge to preserve a shrinking white majority.

Under the Trump administration, even naturalized citizens are now a target. The government agency that oversees immigration applications is hiring lawyers and immigration officers to review cases of immigrants suspected of obtaining citizenship through fake identities or other false information on their applications. Cases would be referred to the Department of Justice, where offenders could…

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Yes, It’s Bad. Robocalls, and Their Scams, Are Surging. – The New York Times

It’s not just you. Those pesky robocalls — at best annoying disturbances and at worst costly financial scams — are getting worse. In an age when cellphones have become extensions of our bodies, robocallers now follow people wherever they go, disrupting business meetings, church services and bedtime stories with their children. Though automated calls have…

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Mueller Accuses Paul Manafort of Attempted Witness Tampering – The New York Times

Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, tried to contact witnesses in the case against him by phone and through an encrypted messaging program, prosecutors said.CreditShawn Thew/EPA, via Shutterstock WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Monday accused President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of attempting to tamper with witnesses in his federal tax and money…

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