manipulation

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Not disclosing digital manipulation of your photos has left you in a personal moral quandary.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

As one of the early founders of social media, I spent more than 25 years building social networks without targeted ads or algorithmic manipulation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Also known as streaming manipulation, the practice involves "fake" artists uploading song to sites like Spotify, YouTube, Instagram and Apple Music, and artificially boosting their play counts, in order to gain royalty payments.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Muddy Waters has accused the company of accounting manipulation partly to benefit its chief executive, claiming that “without these manipulations, CEO Noto would lose most—if not all—of his performance bonus.”

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Between 1890 and 1900, even as questions and concerns about human heredity and its manipulation became central to policy makers in America and Europe, Mendel’s name and his work were lost to the world.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee