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A crisis can alter one’s personal considerations of the benefits and costs related to choices around data and privacy. In a new study, researchers used location data before and after the start of the COVID-19 […]

Elon Musk’s X social network carried out an automatic update overnight on phone applications that allowed it to bypass a ban in Brazil, an association of internet providers said Wednesday.This post was originally published on […]

The media landscape is increasingly complicated. It is also plagued by sensationalism and a disconnection between media literacy and management practices. Many observers worry about the proliferation of “click bait” and “fake news.”This post was […]

It is difficult to spend any time on the internet these days without being inundated with advertisements.This post was originally published on this site

Browser extensions, the software add-ons that help users customize and enhance their web browsers, are wildly popular. Some of the most-used extensions find shopping deals, fix grammar and typos, manage passwords, or translate web pages. […]

When it comes to our experience of the internet, “the times, they are a-changin’,” as Bob Dylan would say. You can’t quite recall how, but the internet certainly feels different these days.This post was originally […]

In the early days of the internet, famously, no one knew if you were a dog. The internet was a place where you could be anyone.This post was originally published on this site

Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.This post was originally published on […]