Show Your WorkElection 2020
How We Analyzed the Cost of Trump’s and Biden’s Campaign Ads on Facebook
And found the company has been charging Biden more for his ads.
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Election 2020
Voter Registration Websites Are Crashing, Locking Out Would-Be Voters
The pandemic may have made the situation even worse
Election 2020
Tech on the Ballot in November
Voters in states and cities across the country have had their say on some of technology’s biggestquestions
Google the Giant
In Historic Antitrust Lawsuit, DOJ Cites Banned Words and Google Self-Preferencing As SupportingEvidence
The lawsuit noted that the company pushes down “organic” results and tells employees to avoid words that have implications in antitrust law—practices revealed by two investigations by The Markup
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Why Can’t I Fix My Own Phone, Toaster, or Tractor?
Manufacturers in a broad range of industries have a monopoly on who repairs machines—and when devices are deemedunfixable
Google the Giant
How to Stop Google Self-Preferencing? Europe May Not Be the Model
A congressional subcommittee last week recommended new nondiscrimination rules for big tech firms, but experts say the trick is enforcement
Coronavirus
Remote Exam Software Is Crashing When the Stakes Are the Highest
And raising more and more privacyconcerns
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Is Your Favorite Podcast Tracking You?
Podcast listening is hard to track, but that doesn’t mean advertisers aren’t trying
Locked Out
When Zombie Data Costs You a Home
Even when people get their criminal records expunged, data brokers ensure the past keeps coming back to haunt them
Ask The MarkupBlacklight
I Scanned My Favorite Social Media Site on Blacklight and It Came Up Pretty Clean. What’s Going On?
Ain't no tracking like first-party tracking ’cause first-party tracking don’t stop
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