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What Does Facebook Mean When It Says It Supports “InternetRegulations”?
Since companies typically try to avoid regulation, Facebook’s support for it is weird. Or is it? There’s more to the company’s proposal than meets the eye
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California May Be the First State to Legislate Amazon Warehouse Conditions
A bill headed to the governor’s desk aims to curb injuries in warehouse distribution centers run by a broad spectrum of employers and outlaw punishment for bathroom breaks
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The Downside to Surveilling Your Neighbors
In one town, police say products like Nextdoor and Ring are helping fight crime. But racism and vigilantism are pervasive on safetyplatforms
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The Secret Bias Hidden in Mortgage-Approval Algorithms
Even accounting for factors lenders said would explain disparities, people of color are denied mortgages at significantly higher rates than White people
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What Does It Actually Mean When a Company Says, “We Do Not Sell Your Data”?
Experts say the privacy promise—ubiquitous in online services and apps—obscures the truth about how companies use personal data
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Millions of Prequalified Households Are Missing Out on a Crucial InternetBenefit
The Emergency Broadband Benefit fund was supposed to be widely available, but not everyone is getting the money
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Dozens of Mortgage Lenders Showed Significant Disparities. Here Are the Worst
Mortgage companies affiliated with the nation’s three largest home builders were at least twice as likely to deny applicants of color than similar White borrowers
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How We Investigated Racial Disparities in Federal Mortgage Data
Even after including factors the mortgage industry said explain differences, lenders are still more likely to deny people of color than White people under similar financialcircumstances
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Can Uber and Lyft’s Copycat Ballot Measure Win inMassachusetts?
After success in California, gig economy companies are looking to pass their own labor laws in the Bay State. But they may be in for a battle