2020 in Review
Amazon’s 2020 Was a Banner Year for Profits—and for Criticism
Even as it made massive gains, the company’s practices were closely scrutinized
Colin Lecher
Investigative Reporter
Colin Lecher is a reporter based in New York. His work on technology and society has received honors from the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Deadline Club, the Radio Television Digital News Association, and more.
Before joining The Markup, he was a senior reporter with The Verge. There, he reported on issues like automated cuts to healthcare, access to phone services in prisons, and the online gun market.
2020 in Review
Videoconferencing Took Off During the Pandemic, but 2020 Was Hardly a Zoomtopia
It should have been a perfect year for Zoom, but the company was plagued by privacy mishaps
Coronavirus
Kids Are “Failing” Online Learning
Grades are in free fall, especially among disadvantaged students, who are already struggling the most
Election 2020
How Tech Companies’ Election Promises Have Held Up
Results are mixed
Election 2020
Where You Live in the United States Could Radically Change How You Vote
The U.S. has made progress in election security—but not everywhere
Election 2020
Voter Registration Websites Are Crashing, Locking Out Would-Be Voters
The pandemic may have made the situation even worse
Coronavirus
Remote Exam Software Is Crashing When the Stakes Are the Highest
And raising more and more privacy concerns
Coronavirus
Schools Are Buying Up Surveillance Technology to Fight COVID-19
But will it actually prevent an outbreak?
The BreakdownCoronavirus
I Just Got a COVID-19 Test. Who Now Knows I Got It?
Labs and other companies make millions selling bundles of medical data—and it’s not as anonymized as you might think
Coronavirus
Remote Learning During the Pandemic Has Hit Vulnerable Students the Hardest
Data on more than 800 schools shows big disparities in Florida
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