2020 in Review
Videoconferencing Took Off During the Pandemic, but 2020 Was Hardly a Zoomtopia
It should have been a perfect year for Zoom, but the company was plagued by privacy mishaps
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2020 in Review
Google's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Yet Still Extremely Profitable 2020
Alphabet ran a gantlet of regulatory threats as the pandemic diminished, and then boosted, profits
2020 in Review
Algorithms Behaving Badly: 2020 Edition
Computers are being asked to make more and more weighty decisions, even as their performance reviews are troubling
News
Facebook Removes Holocaust Denial Pages Following The Markup’s Report
We had found a network of anti-Semitic groups on the platform
Coronavirus
Kids Are “Failing” Online Learning
Grades are in free fall, especially among disadvantaged students, who are already struggling the most
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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 adopted children
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Tech Companies Won Big in California, but the Gig Worker Battle Isn’t Over
“Now, this is America’s fight,” said one activist
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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 Mobile Technology
Will the AMP format die as a result?
Election 2020
Targeting Trump Fans, QAnon Ad Slips Through Facebook's Filters
"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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