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Bill Seeking to Outlaw Self-Preferencing by Amazon, Google Clears Hurdle in Senate
The measure would address issues raised by multiple investigations from The Markup
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The full extent of how Facebook tracks people on the web is not understood—but you can help uncover what data the tech giant is gathering about you
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Help Us Investigate the Ed Tech Industry
There’s a booming business in classroom software—and in some cases, the data on students that it produces
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College Prep Software Naviance Is Selling Advertising Access to Millions of Students
The software, often required by schools, enables colleges and universities to choose from an array of demographics, including race, to target prospective students.
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This Private Equity Firm Is Amassing Companies That Collect Data on America’s Children
Vista Equity Partners has been buying up software used in schools. Parents want to know what the companies do with kids’ data
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One Year After the Capitol Riot, Americans Still See Two Very Different Facebooks
Data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser shows the platform’s partisan divide continues
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Why It’s So Hard to Regulate Algorithms
Governments increasingly use algorithms to do everything from assign benefits to dole out punishment—but attempts to regulate them have been unsuccessful
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Public Agencies Are Buying Up AI-Driven Hiring Tools and “Bossware”
The Markup, through public records requests, found more than 20 public agencies using the sometimes-controversial software
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Amazon Is Rolling Back COVID Protocols in Its Warehouses. Workers Say It’s Premature
Two Oregon warehouses have been in an active outbreak for nearly 19 months. Elsewhere in the country, warehouse workers report continual cases