A Racial Reckoning for Tech
Hello, friends, When I first started covering the tech industry, in 1996, as a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle, …
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The Failures of Automated Content Moderation
Hello, friends, This week we reported the unsurprising—but somehow still shocking—news that Facebook continues to push anti-vax groups in its …
Can Differential Privacy Save the Census?
Hello, friends, In today’s world, anonymity is increasingly rare. Public places where we used to be anonymous—walking down the street, …
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Facebook?
Hello, friends, It’s hard to be shocked these days about disappointing news about Facebook. Consider this sampling of recent news …
The Precarious Life of Working for an Algorithm
Hello, friends, Remember when we were all so worried about robots taking all our jobs? Well, they did take some …
How the U.K. Is Gearing Up to Regulate Big Tech
Hello, friends, While the U.K. has been Brexiting from the European Union, it has also quietly been plotting an independent …
New Privacy Laws Are Coming, but They May Not Be Privacy-Friendly
Hello, friends, Nearly six months ago, when California voters approved the strongest privacy law in the nation, it seemed like …
How We Investigated YouTube’s Flawed Advertising Blocklist
Hello, friends, For my teenage children, YouTube is the Internet. If they want to know about something, they don’t search …
The Technological Hurdles to Getting a Vaccine
Hello, friends, Booking an appointment for a vaccine can be beyond frustrating. Often, there are dozens of websites to be …
The TL;DR on Google’s and Apple’s Privacy Changes
Hello, friends, Apple and Google have each recently announced privacy initiatives that affect millions of people and have stirred up …
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