2020 in Review
Facebook Had an Anxiety-Producing 2020
Despite financial success, the company was plagued by content moderation struggles, internal dissent, and regulatory threats
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2020 in Review
Amazon’s 2020 Was a Banner Year for Profits—and for Criticism
Even as it made massive gains, the company’s practices were closely scrutinized
2020 in Review
Big Tech’s Year of Big Political Spending
As politicians and regulators turned their attention to Silicon Valley, tech companies went on the offensive
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
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
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Facebook Removes Holocaust Denial Pages Following The Markup’s Report
We had found a network of anti-Semitic groups on the platform
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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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