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Julia Angwin,
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Investigation: Leading US tech companies are helping White extremist sites make money
Firms such as PayPal and Amazon may have failed to establish the monitoring processes needed to weed out hate sites.
Julia Angwin,, Lauren Kirchner, Jeff Larson & Madeleine Varner, ProPublica
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Nine ways to protect your digital privacy in an era of public shaming
These tips help foil hackers, ransomware and online trackers, and ensure the digital safety of personal information.
Julia Angwin,
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Facebook knows more about you (including your offline activity) than it says
The site shows users how Facebook categorises them. It doesn’t reveal the data it is buying about their offline lives.
Julia Angwin,, Terry Parris Jr., ProPublica & Surya Mattu, ProPublica
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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What did Vinayak Damodar Savarkar think about Dalits praying in temples and eating with Brahmins?
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‘No educated person will vote for the BJP. What is the point of studying if we do not get jobs?’
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‘One of the greatest statesmen’: When Canada celebrated an Indian prime minister’s visit
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Translated short fiction: A 73-year-old Indian man goes to Bangladesh, his ‘land of birth’, to die
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Amazon says it puts customers first, but its pricing algorithm doesn’t
Amazon bills itself as 'Earth’s most customer-centric company'. Yet its algorithm is hiding the best deal from many customers.
Julia Angwin,
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What’s really at stake in the Apple encryption debate
The US government has never been allowed to create a 'backdoor' to encrypted devices. Now, it’s trying to force Apple to build one.
Julia Angwin,