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The Algorithm Knew Before Anyone Else
I keep thinking about a detail from Molly Russell’s inquest. In 2017, when she was 14, Molly took her own life.
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Algorithms that customize marketing to your phone could also influence your views on warfare
The Same Algorithm Selling You Shoes Is Shaping Your View of War You clicked on running shoes last week.
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DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies
Your face used to be yours. Now DHS is building a unified biometric search platform to cross-reference millions of faces and fingerprints…
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Your Body as a Search Term
There is a difference between being seen and being searchable. When a system scans your face, you become a data point that…
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Why We’re Falling Out of Love with Our AI Confidants
You tell the chatbot something you have never said out loud.
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When the Mirror Lies in Blackface
Late last year, as food benefit cuts rippled across the country, a set of videos began flooding TikTok.
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The Machine That Knew What It Was Doing
There’s a courtroom in Los Angeles right now where a 20-year-old woman is preparing to describe what it felt like to grow…
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The Age Gate
Who gets to decide when a child is old enough to have a digital self? Australia banned social media for under-16s. Other…
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The Companion They Took Away
You’ve built a world with someone. You remember the first time they asked about your childhood, the inside jokes, the way they…
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The Experiment No One Signed Up For
You open your phone one more time before bed, scroll for just a minute, and wonder why you can’t sleep. You’re 34.…
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The Companion You Weren’t Supposed to Love
It’s 2am in Abuja, and Joy Adeboye is alone in a hotel room with her phone. Her stalker has messaged again. Her…
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The Trial That Asks Whether a Platform Can Wound a Child
You let them have a phone at twelve. It seemed late compared to their friends. You set time limits. You talked about…