Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s war against the media
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Why is a tech executive installing security cameras around San Francisco?
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TikTok is getting caught up in the geopolitical conflict between China and the US
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Xerox PARC is fifty
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Trump, Twitter, Facebook, and the future of online speech - The debate over censorship and Section 230 is thorny, contentious, and, above all, outdated
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US officials are ramping up criticism of the GDPR, which they say protects cybercriminals
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Pressure mounts as Starbucks, Coca-Cola join Facebook ad boycott; Facebook updates policy
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YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99
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Bill requires employers to keep implanted microchips voluntary for workers
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Wrongfully accused by an algorithm
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Terrible, dangerous EARN IT act set to move forward in the senate; attack on both encryption and free speech online
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EU digs in on digital tax plan, after US quits talks
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How the USA’s massive failure to close the digital divide got exposed by the coronavirus
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US Army awards pocket-sized drones $20.6 million contract
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Scott Alexander has deleted his Slate Star Codex blog due to the New York Times planning to reveal his real name in an article
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Andrew Yang is pushing Big Tech to pay users for data
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The coming chip wars
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America needs a ministry of (actual) truth
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Twitter labels Donald Trump video tweet as "manipulated media" as it cracks down on misinformation
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US Department of Justice’s review of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and proposals for reform
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Walmart shoppers will be able to find goods from Shopify merchants
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The digital archives of the oldest Black newspaper in America show a long struggle for justice
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Widespread T-Mobile outages cause issues for wireless customers across the US
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CDA Section 230 explained: The important and often-misunderstood legal foundation of the social internet
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IBM exits facial recognition business, calls for US police reform
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We mapped where Customs and Border Protection drones are flying in the US and beyond
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Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message encryption
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Schools turn to surveillance tech to prevent Covid-19 spread: "We are very much interested in the automated tracking of students"
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One Twitter account is reposting everything Trump tweets. It was suspended within three days
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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for 'glorifying violence'
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Here are the Minneapolis police's tools to identify protesters
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US President Donald Trump signs executive order designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content users post on their platforms
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US President Donald Trump's executive order isn't only about Twitter; it's also attempting to ensure that Facebook won't change their own approach in the lead-up to the election
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US President Donald Trump has accused Twitter of "completely stifling free speech" after the social media company flagged some of his tweets with a fact-check warning
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If Trump kicks out Twitter, there's always Germany
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Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou loses key court battle as British Columbia judge rules extradition bid should proceed
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CNBC reporter makes fake news website with plagiarized content, gets approved by ad tech companies
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America’s deadly obsession with intellectual property: Privatizing life-saving technology like vaccines and clean energy is bad both for the coronavirus and the climate crisis
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New York Times phasing out all third-party advertising data
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Here’s what an antitrust case against Google might look like: Two DOJ veterans lay out a roadmap for cracking down on the company’s digital advertising juggernaut
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Ameelio, a startup backed by the Mozilla's 'Fix the Internet', aims to provide free video calls and messaging to prisoners in the US where video calls can cost as much as $25 for 15min
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California police used military surveillance tech at grad student strike
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The confessions of Marcus "MalwareTech" Hutchins, the hacker who stopped WannaCry and was arrested by the FBI in 2017
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A hacker is trying to break Ohio’s tool for reporting workers who quit during the pandemic
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Political consultant suggests rallying dems with giant, 'Fortnite-style' holographic Biden
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The people who are keeping the internet running during COVID and how they're doing it
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Why is TV 29.97 frames per second?
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I sing the airplane electric—Until now, an airplane was never a cheap date
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In the debate over freedom versus control of the global network, China was largely correct, and the US was wrong
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US unemployment checks are being held up by a coding language almost nobody knows
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