Americans widely distrust algorithms used across different industries. Both liberals and conservatives overwhelmingly agree that there should be public or government oversight of the use of algorithms (71%).

Many virtual private network services that were meant to protect your web browsing can no longer be trusted. Here are other ways.

A huge but little-known industry has cropped up around monetizing people’s movements

Usage is surging in regions where the top U.S. connected TV device platforms don’t have as big of a presence

The internet is not free. Yet billions of people unknowingly trade their data while they browse in what they think is a free ecosystem.  Trackers are lurking everywhere. Web tracking — by the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon, and a host of other players — has become so pervasive that it’s almost impossible to avoid. A […]

You pay for Facebook with your privacy. And it keeps raising the price.

This article examines Facebook’s role in the treatment of marginalized identity as currency. Recent examples of solidarity statements and corporate social respo...

We found drug ads targeted at users interested in everything from bourbon to therapy

New data suggests higher opt-in rates than expected.