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FILE - The Snapchat app is seen on a mobile device in New York, Aug. 9, 2017. As concerns about social media's impact on teen psychology continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features they say will make their services safer and more age appropriate. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Social Media Offers Parents More Controls. But Do They Help?
  • 10 August 2022
Platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features they say will...
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Social Media Offers Parents More Controls. But Do They Help?
FILE - a Ring doorbell camera is seen installed outside a home in Wolcott, Conn., on July 16, 2019. Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user’s permission, a revelation that’s bound to raise more privacy and civil liberty concerns about its video-sharing agreements with police departments across the country. The disclosure came in a letter from the company that was made public Wednesday, July 13, 2022, by U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Amazon Handed Ring Footage to Police Without User Consent
  • 14 July 2022
Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the...
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Amazon Handed Ring Footage to Police Without User Consent
Chandler Jones, 26, from Baltimore County, who will graduate this spring from the University of Baltimore School of Law, stands in Baltimore before a pro-choice rally, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Jones consulted the internet on her cellphone for information and advice before having an abortion during her junior year in college. In a post-Roe world, if the Supreme Court soon reverses the 1973 decision that legalized abortion, as a draft opinion suggests it may, pregnancies could be surveilled and the data shared with police or sold to vigilantes. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
With Roe in Doubt, Some Fear Tech Surveillance of Pregnancy
  • 19 May 2022
The often obscure companies collecting our health history and geolocation data may know more about...
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With Roe in Doubt, Some Fear Tech Surveillance of Pregnancy
FILE - A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, Thursday, May 6, 2021 in New York. The New York Times moved swiftly to change the word fetus, Monday's answer to its daily Wordle puzzle, out of fear that it would be seen as some sort of commentary on the debate over abortion rights. The game, which became a sensation late last year and was bought by The Times in January, gives users six tries to guess a different five-letter word each day. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Wordle Answer Changed to Avoid Fraught Word, NY Times Says
  • 10 May 2022
The New York Times moved swiftly to change Monday's answer to its daily Wordle puzzle...
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Wordle Answer Changed to Avoid Fraught Word, NY Times Says
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at United Performance Metals in Hamilton, Ohio, Friday, May 6, 2022. The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to low-income Americans, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Biden Starts Program to Provide Discounted Internet Service
  • 9 May 2022
The Biden administration announced that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to...
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Biden Starts Program to Provide Discounted Internet Service
FILE - A webcam is photographed on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 in Muenster, Germany. A study published Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in the journal Nature says if you want to brainstorm during a meeting, it works better in person than over remote video conferencing. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Ideas on Mute? Study: Remote Meetings Dampen Brainstorming
  • 28 April 2022
Video meetings dampen brainstorming because we are so hyper-focused on the face in that box...
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Ideas on Mute? Study: Remote Meetings Dampen Brainstorming
FILE - The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition and his plans for a more hands-off approach to moderating content is clashing with ambitious new laws in Europe that are meant to protect users from disinformation, hate speech and other harmful material. Musk, who describes himself as a “free speech absolutist,” pledged to buy Twitter for $44 billion this week. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Musk’s Twitter Ambitions to Collide with Europe’s Tech Rules
  • 27 April 2022
A hands-off approach to moderating content at Elon Musk’s Twitter could clash with ambitious new...
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Musk’s Twitter Ambitions to Collide with Europe’s Tech Rules
FILE - Elon Musk founder, CEO, and chief engineer/designer of SpaceX speaks during a news conference after a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket test flight at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Jan. 19, 2020. Musk won't be joining Twitter's board of directors as previously announced. The tempestuous billionaire remains Twitter’s largest shareholder. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
Elon Musk Accused of Breaking Law While Buying Twitter Stock
  • 13 April 2022
Elon Musk’s huge Twitter investment took a new twist with the filing of a lawsuit...
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Elon Musk Accused of Breaking Law While Buying Twitter Stock
FILE - In this April 14, 2020, file photo, the thumbs up Like logo is shown on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. European Union officials agreed Thursday on a landmark provisional agreement aimed at clamping down on the biggest online companies, dubbed digital “gatekeepers,” by laying out a list of dos and don’ts. With those rules, the bloc is seeking to prevent tech giants like Google, Meta and Apple from dominating digital markets, a change from its previous practice of issuing big fines for past antitrust violations.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
EU Agrees on New Digital Rules to Rein in Big Tech Dominance
  • 25 March 2022
The European Union set the stage for a stepped-up crackdown on big tech companies with...
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EU Agrees on New Digital Rules to Rein in Big Tech Dominance
FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behavior was found to have played a determining role in the genocide against them. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
‘Kill More’: Facebook Fails to Detect Hate Against Rohingya
  • 23 March 2022
Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim...
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‘Kill More’: Facebook Fails to Detect Hate Against Rohingya
FILE - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin holds a report during a news conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. The woman whose DNA from a sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime plans to sue the city. Attorney Adante Pointer said Thursday, March 10, 2022, he filed notice of a possible federal lawsuit on the woman's behalf. Boudin said in February that the woman was identified based on DNA collected from her in a 2016 domestic violence and sexual assault case. (AP Photo/Olga R. Rodrigues, File)
Woman Whose Rape DNA Led to Her Arrest To Sue San Francisco
  • 11 March 2022
The woman whose DNA from a sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police...
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Woman Whose Rape DNA Led to Her Arrest To Sue San Francisco
FILE - President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office of the White House, on March 4, 2022, in Washington. Biden’s trip on Tuesday to Fort Worth, Texas, is personal. It's a chance to talk with veterans and their caregivers and push for more help for members of the military who face health problems after exposure to burn pits. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Biden Signs Order on Cryptocurrency As Its Use Explodes
  • 9 March 2022
The Biden administration views the explosive popularity of cryptocurrency as an opportunity to examine the...
  • AP News
Biden Signs Order on Cryptocurrency As Its Use Explodes
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