Just Avoiding the Cookies May Not Be Enough
Disabling cookies might not be the solution to targeted advertising — we should still be concerned about the increasing social fragmentation that’s resulting from what some call “follow me” advertising.
View ArticleBehind the Cover Story: Emily Bazelon on Pornography and Punishment
It’s a common refrain in child pornography cases to say that it is a victimless crime. The person who downloaded the image was "just looking." Restitution helps force them to see that they are part of...
View ArticleBehind the Cover Story: Yiren Lu on the Angst, Perks and Failures of the Tech...
Yiren Lu, a graduate student in computer science, wrote this week’s cover story about why Silicon Valley's younger generation of engineers would rather work for a sexting app than try to cure cancer...
View ArticleBehind the Cover Story: Emily Bazelon on Medical Abortion Through the Mail
Emily Bazelon, a contributing writer for the magazine, wrote this week’s cover story about the online distribution of medical abortions. Here she discusses reporting on a group of activists working to...
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