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California Companies Wrote Their Own Gig Worker Law. Now No One Is Enforcing It
Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers. But when companies fail to deliver, the state isn’t doing much to help push back
How to Sign Up for Local Emergency Alerts Before Natural Disasters Strike
We know early warning systems save lives. Give yourself extra time when disasters come your way
Investigations
Our investigations use data-driven journalism and our own engineering expertise to reveal the hidden impacts of how tech is used.
Michigan’s “Fair and Reasonable” Reforms Allowed Car Insurers to Charge More in Black Neighborhoods
An investigation by The Markup and Outlier Media found lawmakers created loopholes big enough to drive through
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Show Your Work: How We Investigated Car Insurance Loopholes in Michigan
Mortgage Brokers Sent People’s Estimated Credit, Address, and Veteran Status to Facebook
More than 200 national and regional lenders share sensitive user data with Facebook. Experts say it might be illegal
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Our journalism has driven real-world change—from changes in government policy to the removal of tracking technology.
Department of Education Sued Following Markup Investigation Into FAFSA Data Shared with Facebook
Advocates want answers after The Markup found the department sharing student data with Meta
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Original Investigation: Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You
Cerebral to Pay $7 Million Fine and Limit Health Data Use for Ads Under Federal Order
Telehealth company Cerebral will pay a $7 million fine and limit the consumer health data it uses for advertising purposes under a new FTC order
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Related Impact: FTC Cracks Down on Telehealth Addiction Service Monument for Sharing Health Data
Original Investigation: “Out Of Control”: Dozens of Telehealth Startups Sent Sensitive Health Information to Big Tech Companies
L.A. Is Changing How It Scores “Vulnerability” of Unhoused People
An investigation by The Markup sparked demands for answers
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Original Investigation: L.A.’s Scoring System for Subsidized Housing Gives Black and Latino People Experiencing Homelessness Lower Priority Scores
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We publish our datasets, methodologies, story recipes, and processes so communities, journalists, and researchers can check our work and build on our reporting.
How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest? (Updated 2024)
Simple steps to take before hitting the streets
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Deepfakes: Did Joe Biden Really Call?
A guide to spotting audio and video deepfakes from a professor who’s studied them for two decades
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Students: Investigate Internet Censorship in Your School District
Virtually every public school filters the web, and blocked websites create a paper trail
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Investigation: Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites
Tools
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.
Is Twitter Throttling a Website Right Now?
Measure in real-time how long it takes for X’s link shortener to redirect to any URL.
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Announcing Three New Features for the Blacklight Privacy Inspector
The Markup’s popular tool now gives you more ways to understand how sites are tracking you
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See the Neighborhoods Internet Providers Excluded from Fast Internet
Explore The Markup’s interactive map to see where AT&T, CenturyLink, and Verizon offered only slow internet speeds in major U.S. cities
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Resource: Slow Internet? Find Out What Side of the Digital Divide You’re On
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