Mark As Read

Apple Privacy Push, Euro Bills, and India Debate

Tech and privacy perspectives from around the globe

May 13, 2022 8:00 a.m. UTC

Citizen Browser

Facebook Promised to Remove “Sensitive” Ads. Here’s What It Left Behind

Facebook pledged to remove race, health conditions, and political affiliation from ad-targeting options, but The Markup found advertisers can still easily target the same people

May 12, 2022 8:00 a.m. UTC

Pixel Hunt

Lawmakers Question Education Department About Facebook Student Aid Tracking After Markup Investigation

Two Republican lawmakers said the department “has failed to protect the privacy of individuals seeking to further their education”

May 11, 2022 3:30 p.m. UTC

Data Is Plural

Orphan Drugs, LGBTQI+ Elected Officials, Tornadoes ... and More

This week's roundup of notable data

May 11, 2022 1:00 p.m. UTC

The Breakdown

Gas Prices Are High—Does the Popular App Upside Save Money?

Turns out, it depends on who you are

May 4, 2022 8:00 a.m. UTC

Show Your WorkPixel Hunt

How We Built a Meta Pixel Inspector

The first large-scale, crowdsourced study that monitors how Meta tracks people across the internet

April 28, 2022 8:00 a.m. UTC

Pixel Hunt

Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You

The FAFSA form included code that sent personal information back to Facebook

April 28, 2022 8:00 a.m. UTC

The BreakdownStill Loading

Why Is My Internet So Slow?

Small tubes good, big tubes better

April 12, 2022 8:00 a.m. UTC

Working for an Algorithm

More Than 50 U.S. Gig Workers Murdered on the Job in Five Years

New report lists Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Grubhub worker victims, and the tally is likely even higher

April 6, 2022 11:00 a.m. UTC

Privacy

Following Markup Investigation, U.S. Regulators Questioned Life360’s Data Practices

The family safety company was approached by regulators about its data sales

April 1, 2022 10:00 a.m. UTC