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Likes Are Private on X, Killing Another Form of Internet Creeping

This month, X made likes private for everyone. Lurkers hoping to keep tabs on crushes and exes are processing this latest development.

By Gina Cherelus

Bots Tied to China Are Harassing a Dissident’s Teenage Daughter

A covert campaign to target a writer critical of the country’s Communist Party has extended to sexually suggestive threats against his 16-year-old daughter.

By Steven Lee Myers and Tiffany Hsu

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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Biden Administration’s Contacts With Social Media Companies

The case, one of several this term on how the First Amendment applies to technology platforms, was dismissed on the ground that the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue.

By Adam Liptak

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When the Terms of Service Change to Make Way for A.I. Training

Tech companies have been making subtle and not-so-subtle changes to their rules for better access to data for building A.I. We took a look at some of them.

By Eli Tan