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Democracies need to collect data to work properly. The US isn’t doing a good job
Julia Lane
The government can’t level the playing field if it doesn’t know who’s playing
The Trump administration is banning TikTok and WeChat as of today. Here’s what that means
Matthew Rozsa
The TikTok ban comes after users from the social media platform led a prank that humiliated Trump during a rally
Census field workers say faulty tech is hampering the count
Will Carless, David Rodriguez
"We’ve all started calling it 'the Senseless'"
Oracle to partner with TikTok after Trump forces social media app to sell off US operations
Matthew Rozsa
Trump aggressively pursued social media app TikTok, with some critics accusing him of being motivated by vengeance
Student debt and the end of the liberal arts dream
Curtis White
The corporatization of the university experience is reaching its conclusion
Amid a global pandemic, designers aim to reimagine PPE
Hannah Thomasy
COVID has led to a surge in demand for personal protective equipment. Inventors have responded — with mixed results
Safety advocates assail lack of federal action on weak vehicle seats
Eli Wolfe
While relatively rare, seatback failures have been injuring and killing people for decades
Decoding QAnon: From Pizzagate to Kanye to Marina Abramovic, this conspiracy covers everything
Robert Guffey
The QAnon universe: A D.C. pizzeria with children in the basement and an art-world celebrity aligned with Satan
Amazon’s body-scanning, conversation-recording fitness band faces swift backlash for creep factor
Matthew Rozsa
"A surveillance capitalist wet dream": Amazon's wearable scans your body and analyzes your speech
Former One America News correspondent Emily Miller gets senior FDA post
Roger Sollenberger
Former reporter for right-wing network has no known health expertise, and has made inaccurate coronavirus claims
CDC warned the public against wearing valved facemasks — while recommending them to health workers
Frederick Clarkson, Jonathan Hutson
The public guideline to avoid valved masks may have something to do with the airline industry’s influence
A UX designer breaks down the intentionally malicious design of Trump’s campaign website
Nicole Karlis
"Psychology overload": UX designer Mary Formanek breaks down how Trump's campaign site manipulates visitors
“Cancel ‘Rick and Morty’” gains steam after 2009 Dan Harmon doll rape video resurfaces
Chris Lindahl
Harmon apologized for the video then, but now the clip is resurfacing with hashtags used by followers of QAnon
Therapy app Talkspace allegedly data-mined patients’ private conversations with therapists
Matthew Rozsa
Insiders say data was mined to aid in marketing, and to push therapists to favor enterprise patients over others
Republicans paid huge, strange sums to Facebook and a mystery company for “list acquisition”
Roger Sollenberger
The GOP paid a mystery company nearly $2 million for lists, just a month into the company's existence. WTF?
Trump’s vendetta against TikTok is a veil for his anti-China, anti-free speech views
Matthew Rozsa
Even if you've never used the incredibly popular video app, Trump's so-called "ban" should disturb you. Here's why
Scrutinizing the #ChallengeAccepted meme: Why do selfies have to be justified as activism?
Nicole Karlis
The very concept of a female-focused selfie is feminist, so why do we need a hashtag?
Remember, “Indian Matchmaking” is as much of a entertainment fable as all of romance reality
Melanie McFarland
Netflix's hit provides some education about arranged marriage, but leaves contextual info off the show's biodata
“Outright lies”: Voting misinformation flourishes on Facebook
Ryan McCarthy
Nearly half of all top-performing posts that mentioned voting by mail were false or misleading.
Controversial e-cigarette company Puff Bar says it’s suspending U.S. sales
Eli Wolfe
The shadowy e-cigarette company is suspending sales in the U.S following revelations about its owners
Funfetti is back in all of its colorful glory when we need it most
Ashlie D. Stevens
The happiest of Pillsbury cake mixes is now available in chocolate (!) and dominating Pinterest boards & our souls
Remember when the internet was supposed to be transparent and democratic? There’s still hope
Paul Rosenberg
Scholar Philipp Lorenz-Spreen says Wikipedia offers hope: We can save the internet from clutter, lies and garbage
We asked experts to respond to the most common COVID-19 conspiracy theories and misinformation
Matthew Rozsa
Researchers and professors comment on the origin of pandemic misinformation, and how to debunk such claims
The Trump campaign is now openly courting QAnon conspiracy theorists
Alex Henderson
A Trump campaign spokesperson went on a QAnon program to recruit volunteers
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