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Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Oct. 28, 2021
Conflict & Justice
‘I hold Facebook directly responsible for my father’s murder’: Lawsuit alleges platform fueled violence in Ethiopia
Margrethe Vestager
Environment
Europe is not afraid to regulate Big Tech. EU Competition Commissioner Vestager explains why.
fake news
On eve of Mexican election, fake news still thrives on social media
The statue of liberty and an American flag are on a blue sky, with words in Russian at the bottom of the image.
Culture
A guide to Russian ‘demotivator’ memes
Facebook logo with the Russian flag
Global Politics
Britain asks Facebook for information about suspected Russian influence in Brexit
A picture illustration shows a Facebook logo reflected in a person's eye, in Zenica, March 13, 2015.
Global Politics
Russian trolls tried to recruit a prominent US activist. He didn’t take the bait, but others did.
Internet Archive staff in San Francisco
Badass librarians of the Internet Archive
Full Episode
Environment
Social media has role in drug cartel violence in Mexico
Entrepreneur and author Andrew Keen argues that the free model of the Internet isn’t really free at all.
Technology
The Internet may be hurting all of us
SafeMode conversation with Zeynep
Conflict
8 things we learned about activism in Marco Werman’s conversation with Zeynep Tufekci at SXSW
Employees of Snapdeal, an Indian online retailer, sort out delivery packages inside their company fulfillment center in Mumbai on October 22, 2014.
Business
Order a phone, get a bar of soap — online shopping in India has some big growing pains
Mohamed was important in Libyan's revolution, helping to defeat and ultimately capture Muammar Gaddafi. His younger brother missed out on Libya's revolution — so he decided to make his own fame by going to Syria to fight in the violent revolution there.
Global Politics
2014 was the year youth protesters found their voice and hacking became an everyday fear
@ShamiWitness account no longer exists on Twitter.
Technology
The man behind a top ISIS Twitter account lives in India
Satellite dishes at GCHQ's outpost at Bude, close to where trans-Atlantic fiber-optic cables come ashore in Cornwall, southwest England.
Justice
Why British intelligence wants your Facebook data
Mysterious keyboard
Business
A new online tracking tool may be shadowing you on the web
Mysterious keyboard
Business
A new online tracking tool may be shadowing you on the web
Conflict & Justice
A View from Inside the Wikileaks ‘Cyber War’
Conflict & Justice
Imagining WikiLeaks’ Political Drama as Literal Drama
Conflict & Justice
Tunisa: a wikirevolution
Facebook
Business, Economics and Jobs
Many hated how Facebook manipulated personal emotions. The one group that didn’t? Dictators
Deb Roy, Twitter's Chief Media Scientist, thinks we've only seen the beginnings of the disruptions caused by the popular social network.
Environment
If you think Twitter has changed your world, you haven’t seen anything yet
Alibaba
Business, Economics and Jobs
Alibaba is big in China. Just ask this shopper
Alibaba
Business, Economics and Jobs
Alibaba is big in China. Just ask this shopper
Environment
Who or what is behind these strange videos uploaded to YouTube?
Environment
Who or what is behind these strange videos uploaded to YouTube?
Arts, Culture & Media
Ex-hacker turns in army specialist for leaking video to Wikileaks
Janet Ni Shuilleabhain was 18 when she traveled to England for an abortion
Lifestyle & Belief
How tweeting a story of a secret abortion shocked Ireland
Health & Medicine
Do you trust Wikipedia with your health? Med students aim to make it better
Twitter Files for #SecretIPO
Arts, Culture & Media
Bet You’d Never Guess What the Iranian President Tweets
Global Politics
Meanwhile, the Syrian Electronic Army is Busy Attacking Twitter
Conflict & Justice
Bradley Manning Sentenced to Military Prison for 35 Years
Global Politics
Partner of Journalist Who Broke Snowden Story Interrogated at Heathrow
Conflict & Justice
Bradley Manning’s Defense Strategy
Global Politics
Reports: Snowden granted temporary asylum in Russia
Global Politics
What can the NSA do with phone and Internet data?
Environment
Austin prepares to welcome second installation of Google’s Fiber project
Arts, Culture & Media
When Kickstarter campaigns succeeds, but promises aren’t kept, there’s little recourse
Environment
Scientists use Twitter to discuss experimental methods
Arts, Culture & Media
Manti Te’o admits dead girlfriend never existed, claims he’s a victim of ‘catfishing’
Arts, Culture & Media
In new memoir, former Facebook employee questions role of social media
Environment
Facebook, ACLU join lawsuit seeking to have ‘likes’ ruled protected form of speech
Global Politics
Google searches paint a picture of how racism still infects America, hurt Obama
Environment
Google warns users of suspected state-sponsored hacks
Environment
Nigerian man goes to China to find ‘American dream,’ launches social network
Environment
Facebook IPO: Discussing the social network’s mobile question
Global Politics
Cyber bullying troubles Indiana middle school
Arts, Culture & Media
Julian Assange starts talk show while under house arrest
Environment
Facebook announces $1 billion acquisition of Instagram
Environment
VIDEO: Google’s goggles? Search giant unveils Project Glass effort to mainstream augmented reality
Environment
Connecticut Senator discusses opposition to employers requesting social passwords
Environment
Controversy erupts over employers asking for social media site passwords
Arts, Culture & Media
Tweets about Chris Brown fuel discussion of the perception of domestic violence
Environment
Facebook’s suicide prevention efforts draw mixed review
Top 10 in ’11: The stories you clicked on the most from PRI.org
Environment
The wiki: technology that changed Internet communications
British 20-something takes to real-time tweeting of World War II
Environment
Iranian hacker dupes Google, activists worried
Environment
The Amazon through Google’s ‘Street View’
Business, Economics and Jobs
Will the new tech bubble burst?