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AI literally does not care about us
UnitedHealthcare uses an algorithm built to deny insurance claims. Read to the end for a win
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Anna Bonesteel
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Meta is suppressing Palestinian speech during a deadly siege
Meta controls so much of our communications infrastructure. Now, human rights groups are watching the company target Palestinian posts with blocks and…
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Anna Bonesteel
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sarah e philips
Our tools are a privilege. How should we use them?
It's a pretty standard rule of protest: leave your phone at home. But amid Gaza's rolling communications blackouts, there's reason to debate digital…
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Anna Bonesteel
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RiteAid banned from using facial recognition tech for five years
Another victory squeaking in under the wire in 2023
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Terri Harel
Christmas came early. Messenger gets end-to-end encryption
The encryption campaign has been going on for over a decade. Now, Facebook is rolling out default end-to-end encryption on its Messenger app.
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Anna Bonesteel
Wireless spectrum is a natural resource. Who says it's owned by the FCC?
A conversation with Darrah Blackwater, an attorney, artist, and leading advocate for the right of Native nations to control the waves in their airspace
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Anna Bonesteel
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It's a good day to get a VPN
Plus, an invigorating list of all of Fight for the Future’s current campaigns.
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Anna Bonesteel
Cops is internet is cops
Why pretend social media isn't the perfect place to go undercover?
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Anna Bonesteel
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Fight for the Future's Holiday Wishlist
Ken, Ese, Hally and Sarah on the tech changes they'd really, really like this year
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Hally Thornton
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Anna Bonesteel
The Battle for the Net has always been about real people
That’s why we’re organizing artists and creators to highlight how net neutrality makes their work possible
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Caitlin Seeley George
"Think of the children" bills will break free speech
If they pass, it's goodbye to an open, creative, degenerate, anonymous internet.
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Anna Bonesteel
Let them all break down
3G is dead. It could have been anarchy. Don’t threaten me with a good time
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Anna Bonesteel
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