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4 People Tweeting’ Changed the Face of Nigerian Politics
A lot of the young online support gravitated toward Obi, 61, a businessman and former member of the PDP who…
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The Fraud-Detection Business Has a Dirty Secret
The algorithm’s impact on Serbia’s Roma community has been dramatic. Ahmetović says his sister has also had her welfare payments…
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A Native Son of Palo Alto Thinks His Hometown Will Kill Us All
I meet Malcolm Harris, voice of millennials and anti-capitalist crusader, at a Brooklyn coffee shop, suggested by his publicist for a…
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Video Games Are a New Propaganda Machine for Iran
One figure in particular emerged as the leader of propaganda games development—Mahdi Jafari Jozani, a high-ranking member of the Basij. …
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Facebook Is Still Letting Russia Interfere in Politics
Nicolae Fratea is on a mission to purge his Facebook timeline of weird political adverts. Every couple of days, he’s…
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Why the US Congress Wants to Ban TikTok
“We hope that Congress will explore solutions to their concerns about TikTok that won’t have the effect of censoring the…
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The Political Theater Behind the State of the Union Data Privacy Push
When it comes to antitrust and tech, there’s a trust deficit on Capitol Hill, even as pressure to act continues…
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How the US Could Ban TikTok in 7 Not-So-Easy Steps
Individual users would not have faced penalties for staying on TikTok, and internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon would…
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The Small but Mighty Danger of Echo Chamber Extremism
One of the top concerns when it comes to the harms of social media and political polarization in the United…
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The US Far Right Helped Stoke the Attack on Brazil’s Congress
“We met with all the platforms several times last year,” says Nina Santos, a researcher at the Brazilian National Institute…
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