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How internet ‘echo chambers’ lead to faster radicalization
This week Marketplace Tech is looking at how an online troll becomes a terrorist and how people are recruited and radicalized online through social media.
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Facebook to overhaul ad targeting to prevent discrimination
Facebook will overhaul its ad-targeting systems to prevent discrimination in housing, credit and employment ads as part of a legal settlement.
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With all that’s going on in the world—from climate change to wanton violence and political turmoil—I simply don’t have the energy to watch Saturday Night Live.
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Should media avoid naming the gunmen in mass shootings?
Critics say giving the assailants notoriety offers little to help understand the attacks and instead fuels celebrity-style coverage that encourages future attacks.
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Targeting online privacy, Congress sets a new tone with Big Tech
The change is driven in part by the new Democratic majority in the House, along with younger and more tech-savvy lawmakers in both parties.
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Pa. man finds tape that appears to show R. Kelly sexually abusing girls
A man who said he was cleaning out an old videotape collection found a video that appears to be R. Kelly sexually abusing girls, he and his attorney said Sunday.
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Maryland court denies new murder trial for ‘Serial’ convict Adnan Syed
Maryland’s highest court, in a split 4-3 decision, ruled that there will be no new trial for convicted killer Adnan Syed.
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Chelsea Manning jailed after refusing to testify about WikiLeaks
Chelsea Manning, the former Army private, is back in U.S. federal custody, jailed over her refusal to testify in a case involving WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.
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Facebook vows to quash anti-vaccine misinformation
Facebook announced on Thursday it is taking steps to combat the spread of anti-vaccine information across the social media platform.
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Can Zuckerberg really make a privacy-friendly Facebook?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's shifting his company's focus to messaging services designed to serve as fortresses of privacy.
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DNC bars Fox News from hosting 2020 primary debates
Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez cites a report in The New Yorker about close ties between the Trump administration and the conservative cable news network.
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Lawsuit on ‘takeover’ of Miss America pageant is withdrawn
A lawsuit claiming "an illegal and bad-faith takeover" of the Miss America Organization was withdrawn Monday for financial reasons.
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‘Does your knee make more of a click or a clack?’ — Teaching ‘Car Talk’ to new docs
A handful of physicians are using the show to teach medical students how to diagnose disease.
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Public radio visionary earns prestigious Polk journalism award
An early shaper of public radio’s sound and mission, Bill Siemering created shows that remain popular decades after their launch. Now he helps spread radio across the globe.
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Listen 1:20How patients’ Google search histories could lead to better care
A new study shows that health-related searches spike in the week before a hospital visit — and how analyzing that data could improve patient care.
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