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Tweets telling women to do that went viral after Roe v. Wade was overturned, but experts say other digital data are more likely to reveal an illegal abortion.

Many women are worried that their data might be used against them — whether it’s period tracking apps, digital receipts or other information collected by companies.

There is so much digital information about us out there that we can’t possibly control it all.

Vast surveillance data allows the state to target people whose behavior or characteristics are deemed suspicious by an algorithm, even if they’ve done nothing wrong.

In myth, the cryptocurrency is egalitarian, decentralized and all but anonymous. The reality is very different, scientists have found.

Nations are accelerating efforts to control data produced within their perimeters, disrupting the flow of what has become a kind of digital currency.

In a post-Roe America, we’ll bear the costs of letting data collection undermine our liberty.

America still doesn’t have a federal data privacy law. But look what we have found — hope!

The confirmation of a third Democrat creates an opportunity for Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission’s chair, to advance efforts to rein in corporate power.

The social media platforms that hold and shape our attention need to be governed in the public interest.