Facebook is using us. It is actively giving away our information. It is creating an echo chamber in the name of connection. It surfaces the divisive and destroys the real reason we began using social media in the first place – human connection. It is a cancer. I’ve begun the slow proces…

In at least four investigations last year, Raleigh police used search warrants to demand Google device data near the scene of the crime.

This story was updated at 10:37 p.m.