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Meta’s Political Content Limit Causes Steep Drop in Reach for Accounts

Report

2024

A survey of prominent Instagram accounts finds reach of political content is down 65% on the platform since Meta began limiting this content.
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Assessing the Privacy Policies of Pharmacy Prescription Coupon Companies

Staff Post

2024

Prescription coupon apps like GoodRx provide patients with digital coupons to save money on prescription medications. But how well are they protecting your personal data?
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Google is Still Failing to Protect Privacy of Abortion Seekers

Report

2024

Data from seven states across the U.S. shows that Google still collects and retains Location History data for visits to abortion clinics despite the company promising in July 2022 to “delete these entries from Location History soon after they visit."
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Tell Google to Delete Users’ Location Data
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2023

Based on our research, Google is still collecting and retaining sensitive location data that could be used to prosecute those seeking or assisting with reproductive health care. Join us in urging Google to stop this dangerous practice of data collection and retention.
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Stop Toxic Twitter
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2022

Join us and partner organizations in calling on Twitter’s top advertisers to stop spending on the platform as Elon Musk has rolled back community and brand safety standards. A dollar to Twitter is a dollar to rising levels of hate, extremism, and disinformation on and offline.
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Ban Surveillance Advertising
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2021

Big Tech’s toxic business model of surveillance advertising is fueling the spread of extremism and disinformation online by feeding users whatever content keeps them clicking and scrolling. Join us in urging Congress to ban surveillance advertising.
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Columbia Chronicle

Nov 01, 2024

Meta’s content preferences raise concerns amid upcoming 2024 election with recommended political content default settings
In response to the political filter, Accountable Tech, a nonprofit organization that advocates for structural reform to make the internet safer, conducted a study on algorithms for five prominent accounts, including Democrat Hillary Clinton, that regularly post about political or social topics. “There was a reduced reach of a considerable amount, over 50% decline in reach over about a three month period while this policy was going into effect,” said Zach Praiss, the campaigns director at Accountable Tech.
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Engadget

Oct 31, 2024

Apple urged TikTok to increase its age recommendations, redacted documents show
Yet, there's plenty of evidence in these momentarily not-redacted documents about TikTok being not so age appropriate. In fact, outsiders and TikTok's own employees found issue with what the company did to reduce content like profanity and eating disorders. The former was found in one out of every 50 pop-up alerts that minors in the US and UK received within a month's time. Advocacy group Accountable Tech found the inadvertently public information and shared it with The Post.
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