The debate over banning TikTok has been poisoned by anti-Asian rhetoric

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Thursday, March 23, 2023.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress in March, starting a discussion about the anti-Asian rhetoric surrounding TikTok.

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The creepy secret behind online therapy

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Online therapy apps like BetterHelp and Cerebral have shared their patients' data with advertisers and third-party companies.

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Mental-health apps are filling in a critical need — but they have a dark side

America's best bet for banning TikTok would have terrible side effects

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The RESTRICT act is the leading legislation to ban TikTok, but experts warn it could have huge consequences.

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Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers

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Meta's cold war with Apple over privacy is coming to a critical moment

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Meta and Apple are in a years long cold war over data privacy, and Meta is grappling with how to free itself from the confines of Apple's iOS.

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Harvard professor emerita says Elon Musk's Twitter takeover is 'fundamentally intolerable' and a threat to political stability

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Harvard Business School professor Shoshana Zuboff holding a Q&A session after a lecture about surveillance capitalism and democracy on November 06, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
Shoshana Zuboff called Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter "fundamentally intolerable" in regards to its impact on democracy.

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