Big Tech Is Watching You. We’re Watching Big Tech.
Google the Giant
The lawsuit noted that the company pushes down “organic” results and tells employees to avoid words that have implications in antitrust law—practices revealed by two investigations by The Markup
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Manufacturers in a broad range of industries have a monopoly on who repairs machines—and when devices are deemedunfixable
Google the Giant
A congressional subcommittee last week recommended new nondiscrimination rules for big tech firms, but experts say the trick is enforcement
Coronavirus
And raising more and more privacyconcerns
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Podcast listening is hard to track, but that doesn’t mean advertisers aren’t trying
Locked Out
Even when people get their criminal records expunged, data brokers ensure the past keeps coming back to haunt them
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Ain't no tracking like first-party tracking ’cause first-party tracking don’t stop
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Lots of products advertise protective qualities but not all of them are backed by science
Locked Out
Landlords increasingly use screening services to weed out renters. Advocates say both landlords and the algorithms should be accountable when things go wrong
Blacklight
The surveillance economy is getting creepier and more personal
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