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TikTok Keeps Removing Abortion Pill Content

On November 8, 2022, the day of the US midterm elections, Martha Dimitratou noticed something alarming. Dimitratou is the media manager for PlanC, a nonprofit that provides information about access to the...

Google Made Millions From Ads for Fake Abortion Clinics

As a growing number of US states suppress abortion services and reproductive health information, online resources have become increasingly vital for people seeking to terminate a pregnancy. But a new report from the...

Pegasus Spyware Is Detected in a War Zone for the First Time

On November 10, 2021, Varuzhan Geghamyan, an assistant professor at Yerevan State University in Armenia, received a notification from Apple on his phone. His device had been compromised by Pegasus, a sophisticated...

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Is Teetering on the Glass Cliff

In December, Elon Musk, then only two months into his tenure as owner and CEO of Twitter, put out a poll asking whether he should resign as CEO of the company. When...

Brazil Proposed Internet Regulation. Big Tech Took the Gloves Off

On April 28, Felipe Neto, a Brazilian YouTuber with more than 45 million followers, was angry. He had just received a message from YouTube warning him about PL2630, a bill in Brazil’s...

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever

A year ago, Elon Musk announced that he wanted to buy Twitter to clear it of bots and turn “the de facto public town square” into a place for unfettered free speech....

Facebook Made BuzzFeed, Then Killed It

In his memo announcing the closure of BuzzFeed’s news operations, CEO Jonah Peretti acknowledged a grave mistake: He hadn’t worked out that Facebook wasn’t his friend.Peretti, of course, put it differently. He had,...

Texas Could Push Tech Platforms to Censor Posts About Abortion

When Robin Marty was writing her 2021 book The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support, people often asked her why she didn’t just...

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