In the latest installment in The New York Times’ Privacy Project, Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Faculty Member Timothy Libert writes that while the media has done a good job reporting on privacy violations by major companies, “news sites often expose users to the same surveillance programs and data-collection companies they criticize.” He writes that this type of surveillance is problematic because the news an individual reads can identify political beliefs and health information that could potentially be abused by governments, adding, “because news organizations benefit from the surveillance economy by running advertisements targeted to reader interests, they may be less likely to report on their own tracking practices.” (Registration may be required to access this story.) Editor's Note: Journalists will discuss privacy in the session "A Journalist Debate About Privacy Coverage," Tuesday, Sept. 24, at P.S.R. 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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