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Lawmakers Propose Federal Legislation to Stop Google Preferencing Itself in Search Results
The bill comes after a subcommittee chair cited a Markup investigation as evidence the company was building a closedecosystem
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Can Schools Police What Students Say on Social Media?
The answer may hinge on a case now before the Supreme Court
Dark Patterns that Mislead Consumers Are All Over the Internet
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Google Blocks Advertisers from Targeting Black Lives Matter YouTube Videos
“Black power” and “Black Lives Matter” can't be used to find videos for ads, but “White power” and “White lives matter” were just fine
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Senator Calls Facebook Response on Discriminatory Ads“Inadequate”
The exchange followed a Markup report showing Facebook allowed targeting by age for financialservices
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Facebook Said It Would Stop Recommending Anti-Vaccine Groups. It Didn’t
As COVID-19 surged, the social media company pointed users to all sorts of anti-vaccine and anti-maskgroups