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Archives for July 2020

Technology
Facebook showed this ad almost exclusively to women. Is that a problem?Facebook showed this ad almost exclusively to women. Is that a problem?
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Technology

How Facebook decides which ads to display on your News Feed.

By Joss Fong
Technology
Why Facebook and Twitter won’t fact-check Trump’s latest false claims about votingWhy Facebook and Twitter won’t fact-check Trump’s latest false claims about voting
Technology

Trump’s claims may be dangerous to US election integrity, but the companies say they don’t violate platform policies.

By Shirin Ghaffary
Money
The complicated origin of Instagram’s #ChallengeAcceptedThe complicated origin of Instagram’s #ChallengeAccepted
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The global hashtag is now being used to bring attention to a women’s rights campaign in Turkey.

By Terry Nguyen
Technology
The winners and losers from the Big Tech antitrust hearingThe winners and losers from the Big Tech antitrust hearing
Technology

The heads of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google fielded questions from members of Congress, some better than others.

By Shirin Ghaffary and Jason Del Rey
Technology
Republicans showed why Congress won’t regulate the internetRepublicans showed why Congress won’t regulate the internet
Technology

At a historic antitrust hearing, many conservatives focused on political drama instead of asking big tech CEOs questions about their market power.

By Shirin Ghaffary
Technology
Why it matters that TikTok wants to reveal its algorithmsWhy it matters that TikTok wants to reveal its algorithms
Technology

TikTok challenged its competitors on transparency. But what does that actually mean?

By Rebecca Heilweil
Technology
The Big Tech hearings won’t lead to real change. That’s okay.The Big Tech hearings won’t lead to real change. That’s okay.
Technology

The heads of Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are going to get grilled. But that won’t lead — directly — to regulation.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
How Trump and his son helped make a Covid-19 conspiracy theorist go viral in a matter of hoursHow Trump and his son helped make a Covid-19 conspiracy theorist go viral in a matter of hours
Technology

A doctor who thinks alien DNA is used in medicine now says hydroxychloroquine is the cure for Covid-19.

By Sara Morrison and Rebecca Heilweil
Technology
Facebook’s sad summer continues with a $650 million settlementFacebook’s sad summer continues with a $650 million settlement
Technology

The company will pay Illinois users between $200 and $400 over claims that it violated the state’s facial recognition law.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
Facebook is taking a hard look at racial bias in its algorithmsFacebook is taking a hard look at racial bias in its algorithms
Technology

Following a rocky civil rights audit, Facebook is creating teams to make its platforms work better for everyone.

By Rebecca Heilweil
Technology
Facebook’s new label on a Trump post is an “abject failure,” says a Biden campaign spokespersonFacebook’s new label on a Trump post is an “abject failure,” says a Biden campaign spokesperson
Technology

The label on a Trump post about voting doesn’t actually fact-check misleading claims.

By Shirin Ghaffary
Technology
How feds used a YouTube livestream to arrest a Portland protesterHow feds used a YouTube livestream to arrest a Portland protester
Technology

Trump-deployed federal officers are using whatever they can to find evidence against activists.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
Contraband cellphones have given us prison TikTokContraband cellphones have given us prison TikTok
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Technology

Cellphone videos filmed inside prisons are giving TikTok users a glimpse into incarceration in the US.

By Arielle Duhaime-Ross
What comes after Zoom fatigue
Technology

It looks like we’re stuck with video chat. Is that such a bad thing?

By Adam Clark Estes
Technology
Elizabeth Warren wants answers on Facebook’s fact-checking loopholeElizabeth Warren wants answers on Facebook’s fact-checking loophole
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Controversy over Facebook’s handling of climate misinformation is drawing scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

By Rebecca Heilweil