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April 29, 2024 Off

Just 17 Very Good and Extremely Weird VICE Stories About the Internet

We all know the internet is a crazy place. The mess of it is compounded by the fact we’re all…

January 18, 2022 Off

Lawmakers Plan Legislation to ‘Ban Surveillance Advertising’

Lawmakers have proposed new legislation that they say would ban surveillance-based advertising. The legislation would target the underlying practice of…

November 15, 2021 Off

What Is QAnon? Everything to Know About the Conspiracy

By David Gilbert

What is QAnon? QAnon is the popular term used to describe a whole host of internet conspiracies that explain a…

January 29, 2021 Off

Watch Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditions In Ireland

By Edward Ongweso Jr

On Friday, Facebook content moderators in Ireland and members of Foxglove—a technologist activist group that has helped mobilize content moderators—held…

December 18, 2020 Off

How Hong Kong Became a Testing Ground for an ‘Anti-Facebook’ Movement

By Holmes Chan

On a recent Saturday morning, Amy opened Facebook to find that the neighbourhood group “Tai Po” – the virtual town…

November 4, 2020 Off

Facebook Fails To Halt Trump’s Premature Victory Claims

By David Gilbert

Facebook made a big deal of the policies it put in place to prevent candidates and campaigns from declaring victory…