The Political Theater Behind the State of the Union Data Privacy Push
[ad_1] When it comes to antitrust and tech, there’s a trust deficit on Capitol Hill, even as pressure to act...
Google to shut down spam backdoor for political campaigns
[ad_1] Google launched the program last September in response to Republican accusations that the company’s algorithms disproportionately flag conservative fundraising...
Slush’s startup pitch competition transformed into a political nightmare
[ad_1] Usually, the winners of a pitching competition are bathed with accolades, media attention, and applause. After it’s done and...
The Twitter Bubble Let Democrats Defy Political Gravity
[ad_1] There is a wholly self-contained ecosystem of far-right influencers and followers on Twitter and Facebook. We know the ecosystem...
Uber Files leak details political lobbying that made ride-sharing global
[ad_1] A trove of internal Uber documents leaked to The Guardian and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists...
Your Gmail inbox could soon be chock-full of political campaign emails
[ad_1] Political campaign emails could soon be safe from falling into Gmail spam folders if a new initiative from Google...
NASA’s monstrous moon rocket is an overpriced, political beast
[ad_1] As Russian military forces bombarded Ukraine, a congressional committee huddled to discuss progress on Artemis, the ambitious U.S. effort...
Twitter’s algorithm favors the political right
[ad_1] If you’re a Twitter user, you’ll know that when scrolling through your home feed, in between posts from accounts...
Europe offers tepid set of political ads transparency rules – TechCrunch
[ad_1] It’s been almost a year since the EU’s executive announced it would propose rules for political ads transparency in...
Internet shutdowns are a political weapon. It’s time to disarm. – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Scott Carpenter Contributor Scott Carpenter is Jigsaw’s Director of Policy and International Engagement. Prior to Google, Carpenter served as...
Sci-Fi Is a Good Way to Learn Political Theory
[ad_1] Joseph Reisert, a government professor at Colby College, has found that science fiction novels such as Brave New World...
‘OK Boomer:’ how a meme traces the rise of Gen Z political consciousness
[ad_1] The phrase “OK Boomer” has become popular over the past two years as an all-purpose retort with which young...
Facebook shut down political ad research, daring the U.S. to regulate
[ad_1] On Tuesday, Facebook stopped a team of researchers from New York University from studying political ads and COVID-19 misinformation...
Academics slam Facebook for shutting out research into political ads
[ad_1] Researchers and lawmakers have slammed Facebook for disabling the accounts of academics who were analyzing political ads on the platform.The company...
Dunking on political foes boosts social media engagement
[ad_1] A new study has further exposed the effect of polarizing content on social media engagement.Researchers from the universities of Cambridge...
After repeatedly promising not to, Facebook keeps recommending political groups to its users
[ad_1] Four days after the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill, a member of the “Not My President” Facebook group...
How Some Americans Are Breaking Out of Political Echo Chambers
[ad_1] Last October, students in Sarah Candler’s seventh-grade English class in rural Tennessee were discussing the presidential election, echoing each...
Political Bickering Prolongs the Digital Divide
[ad_1] The digital divide unites strange bedfellows. Satya Nadella frets about it; his company, Microsoft, finds that half the country...
Twitter sues Texas AG alleging political retaliation for Trump ban
[ad_1] Twitter isn't happy that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into the company after it banned former...
Tesla ditches forums and pushes fans to take political action with Engage
[ad_1] Tesla has created a new website for its fans, one mainly designed to spur them to political action on...
