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Meta said Thursday that it removed roughly 1,600 fake accounts from Facebook and Instagram that were being used by seven “surveillance-for-hire” companies to target and compromise the accounts and devices of journalists and human rights activists around the world. The seven surveillance providers implicated in the report are located in …

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott said she won’t reveal how much she has given to charity since her last round of donations earlier this year, in an effort to reduce the attention she draws. Instead, she wrote a reflection on what philanthropy means in a blog post titled “No Dollar Signs …

The Senate voted Thursday night 59-35 to pave the way for Congress to increase the debt ceiling and steer the nation away from default. The legislative pathway is the latest step Congress has taken to avoid a catastrophic default and comes after weeks of negotiations between Democratic and Republican leaders …