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Technology

In Complaint to FTC, Child Advocates Warn Prodigy Math Game Exploiting Pandemic to Prey on Students, Parents

A kid sits in front of her computer as she does school work at her home on September 27, 2020 in New York City.

As Australia Reaches Deal With Facebook Following News Blackout, Critics Warn Corporate Power Plays Won't Save Journalism

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Person holds up cell phone with Facebook news feed

"It shouldn't be up to Facebook and Google to cherry pick and groom publishers it deems acceptable for side deals."

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'Immediately Reverse This Decision': Amnesty Rebukes Facebook for Blocking Australian News Outlets

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Screens showing Facebook and Google logos

"When Big Tech's gatekeeper power is unchecked or a handful of dominant...

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'We Need Answers': House Dems Demand Probe Into US Military Purchases of Location Data From Muslim-Focused Apps

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on February 18, 2021 called it "beyond troubling" that the U.S. military purchased data from apps catering to Muslim audiences and pushed for "answers as to why this happened and action to ensure it never happens again." (Photo: Getty Images)

"We cannot pick and choose who the Constitution applies to," said Rep. Rashida...

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A display shows a facial recognition system for law enforcement during a conference in Washington, D.C. on November 1, 2017. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

40+ Rights Groups Urge Biden to Halt Federal Use of 'Dangerous' Facial Recognition Technology

Digital rights groups are cautioning against altering Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, seen by many as one of the most important safeguards of an open internet. (Photo: Getty stock)

Leading Digital Rights Group Warns Section 230 Reform Bill Will Boost Big Tech While Crushing Smaller Sites

Amazon Prime delivery van parked outside apartment building, Forest Hills, Queens, NY. (Photo: Lindsey Nicholson Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Warnings of Growing 'Surveillance Empire' as AI Van Cameras Give Amazon 'Roaming Eyes in Every Neighborhood'

Legislators and advocates are increasingly urging the breaking up of tech titans like Facebook and Google. (Image: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Kicking Trump Off Social Media Won't Save Democracy, Say Antitrust Experts

Donald Trump's Twitter account displayed on a mobile phone screen next to a vinyl doll which features the U.S. President Donald Trump, seen in front of the U.S. flag, on Saturday, 9 January 2021, in Dublin, Ireland.

Big Tech Further Mutes President, Far Right Megaphone as Demands for Trump Removal Swell

After Inciting Deadly Invasion of US Capitol, Twitter Permanently Suspends @realDonaldTrump

Protesters rally at an annual Google shareholder meeting at the company's Mountain View, California headquarters on May 14, 2014. (Photo: John Green/MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images)

Google Workers Form Union to 'Promote Solidarity, Democracy, and Social and Economic Justice'

"When a big bill like this comes together, your job as a lawmaker is to try to get as many of your legislative and funding priorities into the text as possible," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). (Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

'This Is Atrocious': Congress Crams Language to Criminalize Online Streaming, Meme-Sharing Into 5,500-Page Omnibus Bill

The American tech giant Google LLC is facing three antitrust lawsuits. (Photo: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

'We Are at a Monumental Turning Point': Sued by 38 Attorneys General, Google Hit With Third Antitrust Case

"Amazon Ring cameras are dangerous, not just for the people who buy them, but for their neighbors, their communities, and society as a whole," said Evan Greer of Fight for the Future. (Photo: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

A Threat to 'Both Society and Consumers': New Campaign Urges Reviewers to Stop Recommending Amazon Doorbell Cameras

The communist government of Vietnam has been cracking down on social media companies and users. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Amnesty International Reveals Extent of Facebook, YouTube Complicity in Vietnamese State Repression

Ajit Pai will be stepping down as chairman of the FCC in 2021. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc)

'Good Riddance': Progressives Welcome Ajit Pai's Departure From FCC

Newswire

American Economic Liberties Project

Morgan Harper to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee in Support of Regulated Competition Approach to Big Tech

Fight for the Future

New Section 230 Reform Bill Would Have Sweeping Unintended Consequences. We Have To Oppose It.

Muslim Advocates

Muslim Advocates Applauds New Bill Adding Reforms to Section 230

American Economic Liberties Project

Key Senate Committees Should Reject Antitrust Enforcement Nominees with Ties to Big Tech

Open Markets Institute

To Protect Democracy, Lawmakers Must Fix Big Tech's Socially Destructive Business Model

The Revolving Door Project

Why Progressives Should Care About the Commerce Secretary & Reject Raimondo

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Timothy Karr

Cutting Deals with Big Tech Won't Save Journalism

Tom Valovic

A Closer Look at the AI Hype Machine: Who Really Benefits?

Steven Hill

Should President Biden Revoke Section 230?

Bama Athreya

Five Ways the Biden Labor Team Can Defend Workers Against the Lawless Digital Economy

Christian Christensen

Trump, Social Media and “Orwellian” Bullshit

Alex Newhouse

Far-Right Activists on Social Media Telegraphed Violence Weeks in Advance of the Attack on the US Capitol

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Five Reasons for Optimism in 2021

Yanis Varoufakis

The Seven Secrets of 2020

Mitch Stoltz

House Antitrust Report Is a Bold Prescription for Curing Big Tech’s Ills

Juan Cole

Chadwick Boseman’s Wakanda: Afro-Futurism Is in the Present