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Why Web Scraping Is Vital to Democracy
Journalists have used scrapers to collect data that rooted out extremist cops, tracked lobbyists, and uncovered an underground market for adoptedchildren
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Facebook Said It Would Ban Holocaust Deniers. Instead, Its Algorithm Provided a Network for Them
Anti-Semitic groups are still flourishing on Facebook
Google the Giant
As Antitrust Pressure Mounts, Google to Pull Back Benefit to News Sites That Adopted Its Preferred MobileTechnology
Will the AMP format die as a result?
Election 2020
Targeting Trump Fans, QAnon Ad Slips Through Facebook’sFilters
"We managed to skim by and it's pure luck," said a man behind a "Q movement" page that has managed to advertise on Facebook despite a ban
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How Private Is My Pay App?
The pandemic has more people using apps like Venmo and PayPal. But not all pay apps treat data privacy equally
Election 2020
How Tech Companies’ Election Promises Have Held Up
Results are mixed