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What I Learned While Reporting on School Censorship
Web blockers are having all sorts of unintended consequences for students
Challenging technology to serve the public good.
Ryan Tate has been writing and editing technology stories for more than 15 years. He was previously at The Intercept, where as deputy and technology editor he led lengthy investigations into companies like Facebook, Google, and TikTok and into surveillance by the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and authorities in the Chinese region of Xinjiang.
Before that, he wrote about the use and abuse of corporate power in the tech sector at Wired and Gawker.
(Photograph by Noah Berger.)
Hello World
Web blockers are having all sorts of unintended consequences for students
Digital Book Banning
The Trevor Project? Blocked. Planned Parenthood? Blocked. NASA? BLOCKED
Show Your WorkDigital Book Banning
We requested records from 26 districts in 11 states. Ten turned us down on cybersecurity grounds.
Digital Book Banning
Virtually every public school filters the web, and blocked websites create a paper trail
Digital Book Banning
Their schools block information about The Trevor Project, abortion, microplastics, and more
News
The Microsoft-powered bot says bosses can take workers’ tips and that landlords can discriminate based on source of income
Automated Censorship
The platform will not “proactively recommend content about politics.” See if what you’ve posted counts
Hello World
The AI tool ignored basic instructions about sourcing and citations. But it’s a pretty good newsroom coding partner.
Impact
An investigation by The Markup sparked demands for answers
Privacy
Our tool and advice can help you navigate the overwhelming number of settings on today’s game platforms.
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