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Privacy

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Taylor Hatmaker

May 9, 2022

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Sep 3, 2021

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Robotics roundup

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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

Megan Rose Dickey

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Media & Entertainment

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Ingrid Lunden

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Anthony Ha

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Security

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Zack Whittaker

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Security

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Mar 19, 2019

Media & Entertainment

Facebook named in suit alleging job ads on its platform unlawfully discriminated against women

Natasha Lomas

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Privacy

Congress members demand answers from Amazon about facial recognition software

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Privacy

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Brian Heater

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Privacy

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Privacy

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Brian Heater

May 22, 2018

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Privacy

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Megan Rose Dickey

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New York City moves to establish algorithm-monitoring task force

Devin Coldewey

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Privacy

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Taylor Hatmaker

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Startups

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Privacy

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Taylor Hatmaker

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Privacy

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Megan Rose Dickey

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ACLU challenges federal hacking law hampering research into online discrimination

Devin Coldewey

Jun 29, 2016

Security

ACLU map shows locations of 63 ongoing phone-unlocking cases

Devin Coldewey

Mar 30, 2016

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