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WhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages — but the company has an extensive monitoring operation and regularly shares personal information with prosecutors. (Nicolas Ortega for ProPublica)
CARL WOOG
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How Facebook undermines privacy protections for its 2bn WhatsApp users

WhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages — but the company has an extensive monitoring operation and regularly shares personal information with prosecutors

  • ProPublica
  • Peter Elkind
  • Jack Gillum
  • Craig Silverman
31 min read
BILL GATES

Never-before-seen IRS files reveal how the wealthiest avoid tax

ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive…

  • Jesse Eisinger
  • Jeff Ernsthausen
29 min read
BARACK OBAMA

‘No one took us seriously’: Black cops warned about racist Capitol police for years

Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are nothing new: Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say it’s no surprise…

  • ProPublica
  • Joshua Kaplan
  • Joaquin Sapien
10 min read
The McKinsey dossier part 6 – five strikes and you’re IN
AMERICA

How McKinsey is making $100m and counting) advising the US government’s coronavirus response

For the world’s best-known corporate-management consultants, helping tackle the pandemic has been a bonanza. It’s not clear what the US government has gotten in return

  • Ian MacDougall
  • ProPublica
22 min read