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A Markup examination of a typical college shows how students are subject to a vast and growing array of watchful tech, including homework trackers, test-taking software, and even license plate readers
Related: Facebook Watches Teens Online As They Prep for College
Related: AI Detection Tools Falsely Accuse International Students of Cheating
Resource: How to Buy Ed Tech That Isn’t Evil
Tips for students, gleaned from our investigation into data collection by colleges
An investigation by The Markup found Meta’s pixel tracking students from kindergarten to college
Our journalism has driven real-world change—from changes in government policy to the removal of tracking technology.
Two proposed federal class action lawsuits, filed in the wake of a Markup investigation, accuse the grocer of disclosing private data through its online store and pharmacy
Investigation: Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data About You
Congress tasked the FCC with closing the digital divide. Here’s what the agency’s doing
Investigation: Dollars to Megabits, You May Be Paying 400 Times As Much As Your Neighbor for Internet Service
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan responded to the report triggered by The Markup’s investigation
Original Investigation: Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending Users’ Financial Information to Facebook
Our investigations use data-driven journalism and our own engineering expertise to reveal the hidden impacts of how tech is used.
As blackouts in Gaza cut communications, a crowdsourced effort by an Egyptian writer reconnects family members, one eSIM card at a time
Resource: How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest?
The International Association of Chiefs of Police brings police leadership and tech vendors together at its annual conference, where clear trends about the future of law enforcement emerged
Newsletter: I Went to the Real ‘Cop Con.’ Here’s The Tech Police Are Testing.
Markup readers helped uncover the link delays, which also affect WhatsApp and Messenger
Tool: Twitter Is Still Throttling Competitors’ Links—Check for Yourself
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Our tools hold institutions accountable for the way they use technology, pulling back the curtain so readers can see for themselves how technology affects them.
Measure in real-time how long it takes for X’s link shortener to redirect to any URL.
Update: Twitter Is Throttling Patreon Links, Creators Say It Undermines Their Livelihood
The Markup’s popular tool now gives you more ways to understand how sites are tracking you
Explore The Markup’s interactive map to see where AT&T, CenturyLink, and Verizon offered only slow internet speeds in major U.S. cities
Resource: Slow Internet? Find Out What Side of the Digital Divide You’re On
Easily sample random U.S. street addresses using this new tool from Big Local News and The Markup
Original Investigation: Dollars to Megabits, You May Be Paying 400 Times As Much As Your Neighbor for Internet Service
We publish our datasets, methodologies, story recipes, and processes so communities, journalists, and researchers can check our work and build on our reporting.
A guide on anonymizing your phone, so you can use it without it using you
Related: How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest?
Related: ¿Cómo puedo preparar mi teléfono para una protesta?
In Los Angeles, residents in Whiter and wealthier areas post more often on Neighbors, but do not report a higher crime rate
Investigation: Amazon’s ‘Neighborhood Watch’ Might Be Turning Police Officers Into ‘Reddit Moderators’
Newsletter: How Ring Cameras Have the Power to Perpetuate Bias to Police
A lot of what we cover is tough to visualize. We've developed a number of tricks to help—and a comic to tell you all about them
Related: Plain Text Zine: How We Illustrate Tech (and AI) at The Markup
Newsletter: How We Approach Visual Storytelling Accessibility at The Markup
