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How to read a webpage - GCFGlobal
What happens to literacy when the internet turns into a giant TV station? - The Verge
How Social Media Has Changed How We Consume News - Forbes
The Internet Broke the News Industry—and Can Fix It, Too - Foreign Policy
Most people can't tell the difference between a real website and a scam - VICE
Google is done with cookies, but that doesn’t mean it’s done tracking you - Vox
How ads follow you around the internet - Vox
It’s easier than ever to find out how your favorite websites are tracking you - Vox
Think Twice Before Using Facebook, Google, or Apple to Sign In Everywhere - Wired
How do advertisers show me custom ads? - HowStuffWorks
Your Browser's Private Mode Isn't as Secret as You Think - Gizmodo
What ‘The Social Dilemma’ misunderstands about social networks - The Verge
How NOT to spot fake news [video] - PBS Idea Channel
We use big data to sentence criminals. But can the algorithms really tell us what we need to know? - The Conversation
How to Find Better Information Online: Click Restraint [video] - Stanford History Education Group
How the Twitter Algorithm Works in 2020 - Sprout Social
Search Engine Breakdown: Two leading researchers investigate racial bias built into widely used search engines [article + video] - PBS
What We Don't Want to Know - VICE
Op-Ed: What happens when TikTok is your main source of news and information - LA Times
Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting – that’s what makes them dangerous -The Conversation
Jan. 6 Twitter witness: Failure to curb Trump spurred ‘terrifying’ choice - The Washington Post
Understanding social media privacy - GFCGlobal
How to increase your privacy online - The Verge
How to protect your privacy on Instagram - The Verge
How to spot fake social media accounts and trolls - LA Times
This App claims it can detect how 'trustworthines.' It can't. - VICE
Banal Smartphone apps are the new surveillance state - The New Republic
Study: Tinder, Grindr And Other Apps Share Sensitive Personal Data With Advertisers - NPR
Can you spot the troll? - Common Craft
How to Make Sure Your Browser Extensions Are Safe - Wired
6 Things You Need to Do to Prevent Getting Hacked - Wired
Can a tweet be evidence? How social media is being used to hunt down war crimes in Ukraine - GRID
The hidden trackers in your phone, explained - Vox
How to Browse From Your Phone Anonymously - Gizmodo
It’s easier than ever to find out how your favorite websites are tracking you - Vox
GoodRx Shares My Prescriptions With Third Parties—and It's Perfectly Legal - Gizmodo
Your weather app is selling you out - Gizmodo
From ZIP Codes to Paywalls: The internet as a new frontier of inequality - Harvard
The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free - Current Affairs
Open Peer Review - PLOS
Why I Won’t Review or Write for Elsevier and Other Commercial Scientific Journals - The Wire
Director Passionate About Information [video] - The Carter Center
Why Are Gamers So Much Better Than Scientists at Catching Fraud? - The Atlantic
Battling Bad Science [video] - TedTalk
The Publishing Process (PDF infographic) - UNC Press
When is a paper published? - The Research Whisperer
A Guide to Archiving on the Internet - Snopes
Deceptive Academic Journals: An excerpt from The Predator Effect - Retraction Watch
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Net Neutrality: The Social Justice Issue of Our Time - Public Knowledge
Depending on where you live, the internet AT&T offers you may be faster or slower - The Markup