English soccer to boycott social media for four days over racist abuseClubs are hoping to persuade Twitter and Facebook to clamp down on online hate.By S. Shah, 04.26.2021
Minneapolis police used Google location data to find George Floyd protestersThe geofence warrant swept up innocent bystanders.By J. Fingas, 02.07.2021
Facebook will let businesses identify themselves as Black-ownedApplications are also open for Facebook's Black Business Grant.By A. Smajstrla, 08.19.2020
DeepMind and Oxford University researchers on how to 'decolonize' AIA new lens for thinking about race and artificial intelligence.By C. Ip, 07.28.2020
Reddit bans r/the_donald for a pattern of inciting hate speechr/chapotraphouse is gone, too.By M. DeAngelis, 06.29.2020
Demographic report on protests shows how much info our phones give awayMobilewalla gathered cellphone data from Black Lives Matter protestors in four cities.By C. Fisher, 06.25.2020
Social media’s recent embrace of #BlackLivesMatter was a long time comingThe groundwork has been laid for years.By N. Lee, 06.24.2020
Microsoft will double its Black senior leadership by 2025The company also plans to work with more Black-owned businesses.By I. Bonifacic, 06.23.2020
Epic removed police cars from 'Fortnite'Epic is reportedly being sensitive to current events.By J. Fingas, 06.21.2020
Bandcamp will make annual Juneteenth donations to the NAACPIt will donate every year to celebrate Juneteenth.By A. Smajstrla, 06.19.2020
Facebook pledges $200 million to support Black-owned businessesThat’s quite a bit more than the $10 million Mark Zuckerberg originally promised.By C. Fisher, 06.18.2020
Google's racial equity push includes $175 million for Black businessesIt aims for 30 percent of leaders to come from underrepresented groups.By J. Fingas, 06.17.2020
Humble's racial justice bundle offers $1,200 in games and books for $30Buy a legion of well-known titles for charity.By J. Fingas, 06.16.2020
Amazon places 'moratorium' on police use of its facial recognition techIt's responding to protests and Congress with a hold on Rekognition.By J. Fingas, 06.10.2020
Tinder will stop banning accounts mentioning Black Lives MatterUsers can contact the company to be reinstated.By M. DeAngelis, 06.10.2020
Itch.io offers 700 games in a pay-what-you-want racial justice bundleThis includes well-known titles like 'Night in the Woods.'By J. Fingas, 06.08.2020
Facebook pulls nearly 200 accounts connected to hate groupsThese users reportedly planned to stoke violence at protests.By J. Fingas, 06.07.2020
Facebook issues new recommendations for discussing racism in groupsIt's acknowledging the rise of anti-racist activism on its social network.By J. Fingas, 06.06.2020
Riot Games will donate $1 million to support racial equalityIt's making initial donations to The Innocence Project and ACLU.By M. Moon, 06.06.2020
'Call of Duty' games now display a Black Lives Matter messageIt displays each time you load a game or change modes. By S. Dent, 06.05.2020