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Archives for July 2020
How Facebook decides which ads to display on your News Feed.


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


The global hashtag is now being used to bring attention to a women’s rights campaign in Turkey.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

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


Controversy over Facebook’s handling of climate misinformation is drawing scrutiny on Capitol Hill.