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Facebook Profited From Climate Misinformation Even After Vowing to Fight It, Report Shows
Activists with the group Extinction Rebellion protest outside Google's UK headquarters in London on October 16, 2019. The demonstrators want social media companies to do more to combat climate denial. (Photo: Ollie Millington, Getty Images)
Anger and Confusion After Facebook Suspends Environmental and Indigenous Groups' Accounts Ahead of Pipeline Protest
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Protesters outside the Canadian consulate in New York City rally against the Coastal GasLink Pipeline and in solidarity with the Wet'Suwet'en First Nations people on February 18, 2020. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images)
"Facebook is actively suppressing those who oppose fascism and the colonial capitalists," said one First Nations activist.
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'It Is Past Time for Action': Ahead of Senate Antitrust Hearing, Groups Demand AGs Sue Google to End Monopoly Abuses
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Such an action would be the most significant act of antitrust enforcement...
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Former NSA Chief Keith Alexander—Who Lied About Mass Surveillance—Joins Amazon's Board
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Keith Alexander, a former Army general and NSA director, has joined Amazon's board. (Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images)
The former Army general is "personally responsible for the unlawful mass...
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'War Is Not a Game': AOC to File Amendment Banning US Military From Recruiting on Twitch
Global Digital Divide a 'Barrier to Wider Equality' That Must Be Closed, Says World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee
'Time for the Agency to Come Clean': FCC Ordered to Release Detailed Data From Fake Net Neutrality Comments
Critics of the proposed private equity takeover of the .org domain held a protest in Los Angeles in January 2020.
Civil Society Groups Celebrate 'Stunning Victory' in Effort to #SaveDotOrg From Private Equity Takeover
Third grader Emilia Cisneros (left), and her sister, Eden, who is in fourth grade, do their schoolwork at home on March 18, 2020 in San Anselmo, California. Both of the schools that the girls attend are closed because of COVID-19. (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Parents Fear Exploitation as Children's Screen Time Skyrockets 500% During Coronavirus Pandemic
Eight-year-old Indi Pineau, a 3rd grader in Jeffco Public Schools, works on doing her first day of online learning in her room at her family's home on March 17, 2020 in Lakewood, Colorado.
With Millions of Students Cut Off Digitally, Coronavirus Pandemic Bolsters Demand to Treat Internet as Public Utility
Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Senate Committee Takes Up EARN IT Act Decried by Rights Advocates as 'Sneak Attack on Encryption'
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'Stop This Sale': 11 NGO Leaders at Davos Warn Against Pending Private Equity Takeover of .Org Domain
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Progressives Unveil New Bill to Investigate How Anti-Trafficking Law Has 'Demonized and Harmed' Sex Workers
Vowing to Deliver High-Speed Broadband for All, Sanders Plan Would Enshrine Internet as Public Utility
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Expert Says Senate Democrats' Sweeping Online Privacy Bill Answers Public Demand for 'Transformative Shift'
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Advocates Blast 'Paltry' $170 Million Penalty for Google's Violations of Child Privacy Rules

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