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Meta plans to replace humans with AI to assess privacy and societal risks

Current and former Meta employees fear the new automation push comes at the cost of allowing AI to make tricky determinations about how Meta's apps could lead to real world harm.

Owned by Tencent, one of China's biggest companies, the WeChat app has more than 1 billion monthly users in China and now serves users outside the country, too.

China Intercepts WeChat Texts From U.S. And Abroad, Researchers Say

Cyber researchers say the Chinese chat app censors millions of messages in a given day and stores them with user info. NPR spoke to U.S. citizens who say their messages were blocked.

A Woman Tells Her Story Of Forced Abortion And Escape From China's Repression

The story of one Kazakh woman who Chinese authorities forced to undergo an abortion and then assigned local government "minders" who were with her 24/7 as she attempted to escape China to Kazakhstan.

Cyberstalking victims often don't know they're being tracked through their own phone because spyware apps like mSpy use misleading labels (labeled "android.sys.process" here) and don't take up much data.

Smartphones Are Used To Stalk, Control Domestic Abuse Victims

Cyberstalking has transformed domestic abuse in the U.S. Tracking tools called spyware make it cheap and easy for someone to monitor a partner secretly, 24 hours a day.

Edwidge Danticat's new collection of essays says 'We're Alone'

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Edwidge Dandicat about her new essay collection, We're Alone.

Protests Around The Globe

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Robert O'Brien, a political science professor at McMaster University, to see if there is a common theme in all the protests happening around the world.

Since Russia's expansive influence operation during the 2016 election, Americans' usage of social media has only increased — and drastically so, as a result of the pandemic.

Social Media Usage Is At An All-Time High. That Could Mean A Nightmare For Democracy

Studies show that social media polarizes its users. The pandemic means more Americans are on it than ever. What does that mean to a nation attempting to govern itself?

Komal Rana, 19, a student in the Veerni Institute program, has faced relentless pressure to marry ever since India's pandemic lockdown sent her home to her hamlet of Jhalamand near the city of Jodhpur.

This Teen Is Being Pushed To Wed Because Of The Pandemic. Her School Helps Her Resist

She's one of 110 girls in a boarding program run by the Veerni Institute in India. When lockdowns hit, they were sent home to their villages, where child marriage is rampant.

Left to right: Nazia, Mubina and Leila saw their homes washed away in the flooding. They now share a tent at a technical college that has been converted into a camp for displaced people.

Mothers tell how Pakistan's monsoon floods have upended their lives

In the city of Nowshera, tent cities for flood refugees are springing up on college campuses. At one such haven, mothers spoke to NPR about their struggle to survive.

Médicos y defensores denuncian un aumento de la desinformación sobre el aborto

La información falsa dirigida a la comunidad latina está creciendo. Gran parte de ella está diseñada para impulsar a los votantes o desalentar a las mujeres embarazadas a buscar atención medica.

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