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Illustration of the side profiles of four people: a bearded person wearing glasses, a person with curly hair, a person wearing a hijab, and a person with short brown hair; the person wearing a hijab is drawn with a white dotted outline and is transparent, unlike the other three people.

Automated Censorship

Demoted, Deleted, and Denied: There’s More Than Just Shadowbanning on Instagram

An investigation by The Markup found that the platform demoted images of the Israel–Hamas war, deleted captions without warning, and denied users the option to appeal

February 25, 2024 08:00 ET

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Automated Censorship

What to Do If You Think You’ve Been Shadowbanned on Instagram

How to appeal, check violations, and more

February 25, 2024 08:00 ET

A photo illustration of a woman wearing a virtual reality headset amidst surveillance imagery on the U.S.–Mexico border.

Hello World

A Virtual Reality Tour of Surveillance Tech at the Border

A conversation with Dave Maass of the Electronic Frontier Foundation

February 24, 2024 08:00 ET

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Privacy

What Happens to Your Sensitive Data When a Data Broker Goes Bankrupt?

Data on sensitive locations, such as abortion clinics, could be sold off, raising alarms

February 23, 2024 10:15 ET

Illustration of four comic panels showing the “This is fine” cartoon dog doing a meditative body scan and getting rid of the fire in the room by doing so

Hello World

An Essential Guide For Mindful Posting

A conversation with Whitney Phillips and Ryan Milner about how their book on teens’ responsible social media use has important lessons for digital denizens of all ages

February 17, 2024 08:00 ET

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Impact

L.A. Is Changing How It Scores “Vulnerability” of Unhoused People

An investigation by The Markup sparked demands for answers

February 15, 2024 08:00 ET

Illustration of three video game console characters in a character select screen: a Nintendo Switch, an Xbox controller and a Playstation controller, with the words “Choose your Fighter!” above them

Privacy

Use Our Game Safety Buddy to Protect Your Kids and Yourself on Gaming Consoles

Our tool and advice can help you navigate the overwhelming number of settings on today’s game platforms.

February 13, 2024 08:00 ET

Photo collage of screenshots from Violet Elliot’s Tiktok videos, showing various selfies, including one where she appears in front of a screenshot showing her account is banned

Hello World

‘Every Day That I Don’t Get My TikTok Account Back Is An Opportunity That’s Lost’

How arbitrary account bans affect the livelihoods of creators with disabilities

February 10, 2024 08:00 ET

Photograph of a hand holding a magazine at a newstand; the cover features the word misinformation repeated several times in a gothic typeface

Inside The Markup

Call for Pitches: Misinformation in Immigrant Communities

Help us expand our coverage of how misinformation impacts immigrant communities

February 9, 2024 08:00 ET

Portrait photograph of Lee Yaiva, an Indigenous man wearing a blue suit and sporting a braided ponytail; his hands are clasped together

Show Your WorkOrgan Failure

How We Investigated Racial Disparities in Liver Transplants

We found Native Americans were listed for a transplant significantly less often than other racial groups compared with their number of deaths from liver disease

February 8, 2024 06:00 ET

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