Shopping for an Algorithm
Hello, friends, For some reason, YouTube is constantly recommending videos to my 14-year-old son that I consider objectionable. Videos featuring …
Understanding the Digital Services Act
Hello, friends, You might be excused for thinking that the biggest news in tech this past week was Elon Musk’s …
Confronting the Biases Embedded in Artificial Intelligence
Hello, friends, Hardly a day goes by without another revelation of race, gender, and other biases being embedded in artificial …
The Cyberwar That Never Arrived
Hello, friends, Ever since the spectacular Stuxnet cyberattack in 2010 that destroyed Iranian nuclear weapons infrastructure, the threat of cyberwarfare …
The National Security Risks of Microtargeting
Hello, friends, One of the creepiest innovations of our digital age is the ability to collect thousands of data points …
Maria Ressa’s Plan to Defend Facts
Hello, friends, Journalists are under attack around the world. Last year, the number of journalists who were jailed for their …
Chatroom Justice
Hello, friends, We've increasingly come to see that the internet is not just a democratizer of information and speech but …
Your Location Is a Universal Identifier
Hello, friends, For months now, The Markup reporters Jon Keegan and Alfred Ng have been investigating the little-known industry of …
Can Spyware Be Stopped?
Hello, friends, You may not believe me when I say this, but every year, spies and cops from governments around …
Congress Acts on Big Tech
Hello, friends, Congress has been busy with a flurry of tech industry legislation recently: On Jan. 20, the Senate Judiciary …
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