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Social media bosses in the hot seat again
Sep 3, 2018
On Wednesday, top social media executives will testify at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on what social media platforms are doing to prevent meddling in US elections. But what have they done already? And how is the search for online security affecting their bottom lines?
What role should governments play in regulating speech online?
by
Molly Wood
Aug 24, 2018
"Many people ... trust these big tech companies frankly more than they do their politicians," Politico's chief technology correspondent says.
President Trump threatens shutdown as Congress works towards a deal
Jul 31, 2018
In tweets and in statements to the press, Trump says he’s willing to force a government shutdown over funding for a border wall. But Congress is actually making better progress than usual.
Tech, data, privacy and time: It's a trade-off, but are we trading too much?
by
Molly Wood
Jul 23, 2018
"If I don't understand the trade-off that I'm making, how can I help make decisions for my child?" one marketer asks.
Twitter is in a big game of "bot or not"
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Jul 13, 2018
The proportion of fake users, or bots, on Twitter may be higher than previously thought.
Monopolies can lead to terrible economic behaviors: A story of cabs and Uber
Jun 29, 2018
A Twitter thread about the rise of Uber and Lyft in New York City.
Trump tweeted ahead of the jobs report, but did he break the rules?
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 1, 2018
Here's why that matters.
For public good, not for profit.
China moves to tighten control of the internet
by
Scott Tong
Mar 12, 2018
In China, the internet is censored. You can’t get access to Google, or Facebook or Twitter unless you have a workaround known as a virtual private network. VPN technology lets users jump over the so-called Great Firewall of China. But now those jumping days could be ending. By month’s end, Beijing plans to block all VPN […]
Twitter has a hard time with bots because it was designed to be bot-friendly
by
Kai Ryssdal
Feb 21, 2018
It’s been a hard year for social platform companies like Twitter and Facebook. After reports emerged of Russians interfering with the 2016 presidential election by using bots and fake accounts, both companies have come under pressure to clean up their user bases. And for Twitter, this may be especially tricky; as far as platforms go, […]
Black Twitter is a force for activism
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Feb 16, 2018
Feminista Jones on what the social forum has accomplished.