Ronan Farrow ’04 Interviewed by MSNBC About DOGE and Social Security Data

Ronan Farrow ’04, contributing writer to the New Yorker and Bard College alumnus, spoke with Jen Psaki of MSNBC about how the US Supreme Court granted DOGE access to private Social Security data and the implications of such a move. Farrow, who has reported extensively on the danger of unchecked access to sensitive data and the ways in which it can be weaponized, discussed the danger of key services that were once in the hands of the state now entering control of private and unaccountable entities. “Elon Musk and his stake and role in DOGE connects directly to Elon Musk’s stake and role in Grok, through his company xAI,” Farrow told MSNBC. “There is evidence that he is feeding a lot of this sensitive data into his own AI products, using them to train his own AI products. We don’t know how much of that data may be exiting with him, may show up in his systems in years to come, which are systems that accord to his private interests, which are very different from the interests of the American people.”

Post Date: 06-10-2025