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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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Working for an Algorithm
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
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The Markup’s Work Cited in Effort to Outlaw Discriminatory Algorithms
Investigation on tenant screening used to illustrate needed reforms
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The Shadows of Removed Posts Are Hiding in Plain Sight on Reddit
Offending posts—including sexually explicit images—linger in comment histories long after their removal from subreddits
Privacy
Federal Study Acknowledges Failures in Police Surveillance Oversight
For years researchers have called out the Wiretap Report for being outdated and incomplete
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Legislators, Regulators Call for Additional Scrutiny of Mortgage-Lending Industry After Markup Investigation Finds Disparities
Minnesota attorney general warns lenders: Don’t be surprised if you’re investigated
Privacy
The Popular Family Safety App Life360 Is Selling Precise Location Data on Its Tens of Millions of Users
The app is a major source of raw location data for a multibillion-dollar industry that buys, packages, and sells people’s movements
Prediction: Bias
Crime Prediction Software Promised to Be Free of Biases. New Data Shows It Perpetuates Them
Millions of crime predictions left on an unsecured server show PredPol mostly avoided Whiter neighborhoods, targeted Black and Latino neighborhoods
Show Your WorkPrediction: Bias
How We Determined Crime Prediction Software Disproportionately Targeted Low-Income, Black, and Latino Neighborhoods
A trove of unsecured data allowed the first-ever independent analysis of actual crime predictions across the U.S. by the self-described software leader, PredPol
Amazon’s Advantage
Introducing Amazon Brand Detector
A browser extension that reveals Amazon brand and exclusive products while you shop on the site
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