For this month's Community Reports forum, we dove into a new report about EV charging infrastructure.
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March 27, 2024
Consumer Reports’ recent investigation into food contaminants had some unsettling findings: many of the foods we buy for our families contain concerning amounts of plastic chemicals known as phthalates.
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February 22, 2024
In the first Community Reports forum of 2024, we dove into the report that we wrote about Facebook's Surveillance Economy based on data donations from our members.
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January 24, 2024
We live our lives online, and with every hack we hear about in the news, it’s hard not to worry about our personal information being compromised.
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November 14, 2023
Please join us for the premiere of BAD INPUT, a video series exploring algorithmic bias and discriminatory practices in financial service, healthcare, and facial recognition technology.
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May 2, 2023
Transportation is the top contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the US; But what can consumers do to help reduce vehicle emissions? Are there options beyond buying electric vehicles?
Learn about actions at the state and federal levels to invest in cleaner technologies like biofuels, hydrogen and electricity.
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March 7, 2023
A recent Consumer Reports investigation that measured heavy metals in dark chocolate bars found lead and cadmium in all of them - many at concerning levels.
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February 9, 2023
We dug into our Fight for Fair Internet report that uncovers the true cost of broadband in the United States! We analyzed 22,000 consumer bills from across the nation, and talked about what we can do together to make broadband more accessible and affordable.
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November 29, 2022
The United States is making real progress toward cleaner transportation for consumers, including cars and trucks that run on less gasoline – or no gasoline at all.
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November 16, 2022
The more accounts you have online, the more at risk you are of having your personal information being misused or stolen.
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October 26, 2022
Our passwords are at risk of being stolen, leaked, or hacked.
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October 20, 2022
Many products, apps, and services allow you to control some aspects of how your personal information is collected, used, shared, or displayed.
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October 13, 2022
Keeping your operating system and apps up to date is one of the simplest and most important steps you can take to protect yourself from software vulnerabilities.
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October 6, 2022
Everywhere we go online, we are flooded with advertisements.
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July 28, 2022
It's important to protect your privacy and security across the apps that you download and use - but in the instance of menstrual tracking apps, your protection can be even more vital.
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June 7, 2022
On this webinar, learn more about CR’s recent investigation of PFAS in food packaging at national fast-food chains and grocery stores.
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April 21, 2022
Do you use a Virtual Private Network (VPN)? More people are turning to VPNs to boost their privacy and security but as more VPN services become available, we’ve learned that not all VPNs are created equal.
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March 31, 2022
Join our kick-off call for the Arizona Broadband Action and Learning Lab! We’ll have weekly discussions, learn through an online course developed by Arizona State University, and connect together over Slack.
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February 17, 2022
In this workshop, experts from Consumer Reports, Consumers International, and Mozilla discussed algorithmic biases that lurk in dating apps and other consumer-facing programs.
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February 16, 2022
In this webinar, we discussed Consumer Reports’ examination of Amazon’s nationwide delivery network, and the inequitable impacts felt by nearby BIPOC communities.
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January 25, 2022
The holiday time is a busy time for online shopping - but lurking online are scams, counterfeit products, and bots.
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December 7, 2021
Congress recently passed the infrastructure bill, which includes funding for broadband improvements across the nation.
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November 18, 2021
Credit scores can make or break your financial future.
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October 13, 2021
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness is a great idea gone bad: student borrowers who work 10 years in public service were promised that their remaining student debt would be forgiven.
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September 14, 2021
In this webinar, we discussed ways to make broadband internet more affordable and accessible for everyone.
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August 17, 2021
The first in our virtual event series examining America’s water crisis and racial justice.
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August 11, 2021
The first in our virtual event series examining America’s water crisis and racial justice.
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August 4, 2021
Consumer Reports, along with a coalition of partners, is examining consumers' internet bills, usage, and speeds – groundbreaking research that we will use to advocate for affordable internet for all.
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June 29, 2021
Everyday, we’re exploited for profit through dark patterns: design tactics used in websites and apps to persuade you to do things you probably would not do otherwise.
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May 25, 2021
Mental Health apps can take a widely varied approach in helping people handle psychological challenges—and they are just as varied in how they handle the privacy of their users.
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April 27, 2021
This webinar focused on our latest investigation, How Safe Is Our Drinking Water?.
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April 7, 2021
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Consumer Reports immediately engaged people on issues that mattered most during the crisis—their safety, health, and finances.
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March 22, 2021
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) can be essential to securing your internet connection as it can make it harder for others on your network to see what you do online.
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March 18, 2021
For already marginalized communities errors on a credit report could have an extremely negative impact on the financial health of a household.
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February 26, 2021
Consumer Reports and partners from Americans for Financial Reform and the National Association of Consumer Advocates will discuss how credit reports are making an already precarious financial situation even more so, and ways you can protect your financial health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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February 25, 2021
Consumer Reports and partners from the Consumer Federation of America and the US Public Interest Research Group share the latest knowledge on checking your credit reports, common credit report errors to look for, and how these errors could result in a lower credit score.
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February 24, 2021
Kicking off a new year, we're doubling down on protecting ourselves and our loved ones.
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January 28, 2021
This post-screening discussion of Coded Bias focused on how we build a social movement to address the threat of artificial intelligence on our civil rights and democracy.
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December 14, 2020
What a year it has been! Looking back on our digital wellness in 2020, a major theme we’ve seen is the continuous rise of misinformation online.
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December 9, 2020
This workshop focused on how to use the Security Planner tool to build yourself a custom, tailored set of recommendations to protect your data and privacy online.
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October 28, 2020
Working from home, learning from home, entertaining from home - it's all putting an increased strain on our home internet systems, and creating a demand for our internet connections to be better and faster than ever before.
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September 16, 2020
Your location data is valuable! Your phone or other device could be sharing important information about where and when you travel, as well as device information and how you access wifi points.
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August 6, 2020
CR's finance and aviation experts will share their insights, advice, and top tips on how to get cash refunds from airlines for flights cancelled during the coronavirus crisis, and discuss what the airlines and government should do to make the process more fair and easy.
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June 18, 2020
Feeling overwhelmed from flooded inboxes and more time spent online than ever before? Are you getting email updates from accounts you forgot you had or don’t remember signing up for?
Consumer Reports Digital Lab wants to share how closing our old accounts online is good for our mental wellness and privacy, as well as share tips on how to reduce your digital footprint.
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May 28, 2020
Are your private discussions and personal details secure using this popular online video conferencing service? And can you take steps to make sure your Zoom event isn’t being monitored by hackers?
Consumer Reports Digital Lab wants to help keep you safe online and protect your privacy.
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April 30, 2020
This workshop focused on how to use protect your privacy while using video conferencing platforms like Zoom, Skype, or Google Hangouts.
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April 2, 2020
This workshop focused on how to set strong passwords and why we recommend you use Password Managers.
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January 8, 2020