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Tech

How Facebook’s Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda

Some of unit’s clients stifle opposition, stoke extremism.

Lauren Etter, Vernon Silver, Sarah Frier Bloomberg Business Dec 2017 10min Permalink

Politics Tech World Media

What Happens When the Government Uses Facebook as a Weapon?

A report from the Philippines, “the test lab for fake news.”

Lauren Etter Bloomberg Businessweek Dec 2017 15min Permalink

World

Mother for Hire

Immigrant nannies leave their own children behind to care for others’.

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Rachel Aviv on the Longform Podcast

Rachel Aviv New Yorker Apr 2016 30min Permalink

Crime

A Nightmare in Real Life

On the American teenager who was kidnapped by Islamic militants while on vacation in the Philippines.

Susan Svrluga Washington Post Apr 2013 20min Permalink