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Unlike Other Tech Giants, Amazon Won’t Say How Many Workers Review Posts
We found banned items for sale on Amazon.com
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Quiz: Can You Spot the Banned Amazon Item?
Amazon content moderators have only a few minutes to decide if a product is on the list of nearly 2,000 banned items
Anatomy of a Fake News Headline
How a series of algorithms whiffed and ended up warning Oregonians of an antifa invasion
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To Gmail, Most Black Lives Matter Emails Are “Promotions”
Google shuffled mass emails about racial justice into the marketing tab in our test, mirroring its categorization of politicalemails
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Millions of Americans Depend on Libraries for Internet. Now They’re Closed
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Need Help with an Unemployment Claim in Florida? Good Luck
Although Florida has invested millions of dollars in contracts for call centers, the state's workers still struggle to get through
Banned Bounty
Amazon’s Enforcement Failures Leave Open a Back Door to Banned Goods—Some Sold and Shipped by Amazon Itself
The online giant bans products related to drugs, spying and weapons, but we found plenty for sale; one of the items bought on the site left a grim trail of overdoses
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How We Investigated Banned Items on Amazon.com
It wasn’t that hard; Amazon’s own search and recommendation tools led the way
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If I Go to a Protest, What Kinds of Personal Information Might Police Collect About Me?
(And how long can it stick around?)