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They Claimed the Covid Vaccine Made Them Sick—and Went Viral
The Facebook videos were short but unsettling. One, posted on the profile of Indiana resident Shawn Skelton, shows her shuddering…
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Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan
The company’s software can sift through enormous amounts of data, and those metrics can be used to make life-or-death decisions.…
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The Parler Bans Open a New Front in the ‘Free Speech’ Wars
In letters sent to Parler about their decisions, Amazon, Apple, and Google all cited the social media company’s lack of…
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Even Mark Zuckerberg Has Had Enough of Trump
We finally know what it takes for Donald Trump to get suspended from social media. As of Thursday morning, following…
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One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack – January 2021
CPJ’s Impunity Index has shown that, in eight out of 10 cases, the killers of journalists go free. On August…
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The First Americans Are Being Vaccinated. Now, the Hard Part
The next few weeks will also be a trial run for the computer systems states plan to use to track…
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Texas Accuses Google and Facebook of an Illegal Conspiracy
“If you can prove an agreement between two firms, once you have proof of that agreement, it is called per…
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Google’s Antitrust Cases: A Guide for the Perplexed
Do good things come in threes? Not if you’re Google. Heading into the holidays, the company finds itself facing a…
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