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Twitter Is Throttling Patreon Links, Creators Say It Undermines Their Livelihood
Markup readers helped uncover the link delays, which also affect WhatsApp and Messenger
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Hello World
How Ring Cameras Have the Power to Perpetuate Bias to Police
Cops already listen to the needs of wealthy and White residents far more than that of people of color. Tech companies threaten to make the problem worse in the way they share community surveillance.
Neighborhood Watch
Amazon’s ‘Neighborhood Watch’ Might Be Turning Police Officers Into ‘Reddit Moderators’
Over 18 months, one LAPD officer received more than 10,000 emails from the social platform affiliated with Amazon’s Ring
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How We Investigated Ring's Crime Alert System for Police Departments
In Los Angeles, residents in Whiter and wealthier areas post more often on Neighbors, but do not report a higher crime rate
Neighborhood Watch
How to Protect Your Packages—And Your Ethics
We investigated Ring for months. Here are the best privacy options for prospective and existing customers
Neighborhood Watch
Accidental Spies: Amazon Ring Owners May Be Unknowingly Emailing Police
An investigation by The Markup found that Ring’s social platform funnels suspicions from residents in Whiter and wealthier areas of Los Angeles directly to police
Hello World
Living in a World of Cyber Threats and God Bots
Author and cybersecurity researcher Scott Shapiro talks about how to get by in a world where cyber exploitation is everywhere
Working for an Algorithm
What Happens When Nurses Are Hired Like Ubers
“You basically just hope that nothing goes wrong,” a nurse said about a shift with the app Clipboard
Prediction: Bias
Predictive Policing Software Terrible At Predicting Crimes
A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time
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How We Assessed the Accuracy of Predictive Policing Software
We found that Geolitica’s crime prediction algorithm had a success rate of less than 1% in Plainfield, New Jersey
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