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Archives for February 2024

Technology
A poster’s guide to who’s selling your data to train AIA poster’s guide to who’s selling your data to train AI
Technology

Those Tumblr, Reddit, and WordPress posts you never thought would see the light of day? Yep, them too.

By A.W. Ohlheiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court appeared lost in a massive case about free speech onlineThe Supreme Court appeared lost in a massive case about free speech online
Supreme Court

The justices look likely to reinstate Texas and Florida laws that seize control of much of the internet — but not for long.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will decide if the government can seize control of YouTube and TwitterThe Supreme Court will decide if the government can seize control of YouTube and Twitter
Supreme Court

We’re about to find out if the Supreme Court still believes in capitalism.

By Ian Millhiser
Health
How discredited health claims find a second life on TikTokHow discredited health claims find a second life on TikTok
Health

TikTok accounts are using audio from a banned wellness coach to sell salt and castor oil.

By A.W. Ohlheiser
Social Media
Who’ll blink first: The world’s largest music company or TikTok?Who’ll blink first: The world’s largest music company or TikTok?
Podcast
Social Media

Why Taylor Swift, Drake, and Bad Bunny have been muted on TikTok dance videos.

By Sean Rameswaram and Hady Mawajdeh
Technology
What we’ve learned from 20 years of FacebookWhat we’ve learned from 20 years of Facebook
Technology

In two decades the behemoth social media platform has made a lot of money and brought in a lot of users — and made life worse for a lot of people.

By A.W. Ohlheiser