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How Automated Content Moderation Works (Even When It Doesn’t)
Instagram, YouTube, and other platforms moderate billions of posts—here are some of their common techniques
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How to Quickly Get to the Important Truth Inside Any Privacy Policy
An investigative data journalist and a former tech lawyer teach you how to spot tricks and hidden disclosures within these interminable documents—and even how to claw back some privacy
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How to Search for a Better Deal on Broadband
You might even be able to help improve crucial government broadband data in the process
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How to Buy Ed Tech That Isn’t Evil
Four critical questions parents and educators should be asking
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Section 230 Just Survived a Brush with Death
The U.S. Supreme Court opted not to throw the internet as we know it into utter chaos—for now
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Takeaways from Our Investigation into Wisconsin’s Racially Inequitable Dropout Algorithm
Wisconsin’s Dropout Early Warning System (DEWS) scores every middle schooler based on income, race, and more
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We Joined Mastodon. Here’s What We Learned About Privacy and Security
As Elon Musk sends Twitter into chaos, we’re sharing what we picked up about Mastodon as we selected a server
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Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car?
A firehose of sensitive data from your vehicle is flowing to a group of companies you’ve probably never heard of
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Police Are Looking to Algorithms to Predict Domestic Violence
But will they be effective or reinforce bias-based practices?
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Meet SmartLINK, the App Tracking Nearly a Quarter Million Immigrants
Officials say the phone-based app is not meant to conduct “surveillance”—and a quick test didn’t raise red flags. But immigrants and advocates aren’t convinced
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