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The toll of TikTok

Indonesian women’s rights groups demand better protections against misogyny and harassment for livestream hosts When TikTok’s e-commerce platform launched in 2021, Indonesia became one of its biggest markets. Even after...

When your doctor is an algorithm

How AI is quietly reshaping Spanish healthcare Artificial Intelligence is no longer a future prospect in Spanish healthcare. It is already examining patients, prioritising cases, and shaping diagnoses, often without...

Faith in the feed

A Dutch report on how Gen Z is finding God through the algorithm As church pews across the Netherlands grow emptier, faith is quietly migrating online. A growing number of...

What 10-year-olds see on their phones

From hypnotic sludge videos to violent clips and beauty tutorials, Dutch children’s social media feeds reveal how algorithm-driven content is shaping their attention, self-image and emotional world de Volkskrant sent reporters...

Freedom by Numbers

More than 200 court rulings in 2024 cite an algorithm that classifies foreign prisoners without ties as high risk, even if they lack other risk factors In 1993, two beekeepers...

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