NATASHA SINGER
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Children’s Groups Want F.T.C. to Ban ‘Unfair’ Online Manipulation of Kids
Children’s privacy and health experts pressed regulators to prohibit video games and social networks from using attention-hacking techniques on youngsters.
Fed Up With Political Text Messages? Read On.
In this polarized climate, hundreds of Americans told us they agree on one thing: Campaigns must stop spamming voters’ phones with unwanted political texts.
Are You Being Flooded With Political Text Messages? We Want to See Them.
Candidates and advocacy groups are inundating voters’ phones with political text messages. Tell us about your experiences.
Why Am I Seeing That Political Ad? Check Your ‘Trump Resistance’ Score.
To help campaigns target ads, voter-profiling firms score millions of Americans on issues like guns, vaccines and QAnon.
TikTok May Face $29 Million Fine for Failing to Protect Children’s Privacy
British regulars have sent a warning notice to the company, the first major case under new rules in Britain that protect minors online.
LinkedIn Ran Social Experiments On 20 Million Users Over Five Years
A study that looked back at those tests found that relatively weak social connections were more helpful in finding jobs than stronger social ties.
Political Campaigns Flood Streaming Video With Custom Voter Ads
The targeted political ads could spread some of the same voter-influence techniques that proliferated on Facebook to an even less regulated medium.
FTC Sues Over Tracking Data That Could Expose Visits to Abortion Clinics
Federal regulators said the sale of geolocation information on tens of millions of smartphones could expose people’s visits to private places.
A Cyberattack Illuminates the Shaky State of Student Privacy
At a moment when education technology firms are stockpiling sensitive information on millions of school children, safeguards for student data have broken down.
Air Travelers Face Delays and Cancelations on July 4 Weekend
Carriers were dealing with a combination of staff shortages and passenger volume that approached or in some cases exceeded prepandemic levels.
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