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The videos it recommends seem to get more and more extreme.
Warning: This article contains explicit language.
Google prompted BuzzFeed News to run ads targeted to keywords like "black people ruin neighborhoods," then allowed the campaign to go live.
Slate placed an ad targeting people interested in “killing haji,” “ku-klux-klan,” and more.
After being contacted by ProPublica, Facebook removed several anti-Semitic ad categories and promised to improve monitoring.
Reckless associations can do very real harm when they appear in supposedly neutral environments like online stores
By generating automated targeted ads, “The Infinite Campaign” exposes the bizarre rubrics Twitter uses to render users legible
Will you pay more for those shoes before 7 p.m.? Would the price tag be different if you lived in the suburbs? Standard prices and simple discounts are giving way to far more exotic strategies, designed to extract every last dollar from the consumer.
Growing concerns about ‘fake news’ have led to calls for young people to be taught critical media literacy skills. Yet while media literacy would obviously be useful, it isn’t enough to address the…
That algorithm does more than you think.
Unless you turn the feature off, Facebook is reading your phone's contacts.
Every time you open Facebook, one of the world’s most influential, controversial, and misunderstood algorithms springs into action. It scans and collec ...
Every time you open Facebook, one of the world’s most influential, controversial, and misunderstood algorithms springs into action. It scans and collec ...
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An in-the-closet lesbian mother is suing Netflix for privacy invasion, alleging the movie rental company made it possible for her to be outed when it disclosed insufficiently anonymous information about nearly half-a-million customers as part of its $1 million contest to improve its recommendation system. The suit known as Doe v. Netflix (.pdf) was filed […]
Your shopping habits reveal even the most personal information — like when you’re going to have a baby.