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Proposed restrictions on TikTok would be “security theater” in the face of the staggering amounts of data that foreign and domestic tech companies collect

The profit-led business models of big tech are harming democracy. We should look to the tradition of public media to help us find alternatives

New research highlights the necessity of stopping huge falsehoods during the presidential election cycle

A popular personality test beats out astrology but trails far behind scientific measure of personal traits

AI-generated disinformation will target voters on a near-daily basis in more than 50 countries, according to a new analysis

Lost in today’s misinformation fights is the recognition that modern conspiracy theories spring from excesses of state secrecy

A deep dive into one scholar’s correspondence shows society prefers blame and punishment over protecting children from sexual violence

In the digital age, some scientists argue the emojisphere should better represent Earth’s biosphere—tardigrades, flatworms and all

Here’s how to plan COVID-safer holiday get-togethers, using websites that show viral levels in wastewater

Data voids in search results can lead down rabbit holes that bolster belief in fake news

Today’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American science fiction. Now they’re trying to make it come true, embodying a dangerous political outlook

Whatever fantasies we may have had about the nonprofit structure of OpenAI have been eviscerated. While it remains a nonprofit, it’s proven entirely beholden to ruthless capitalism