Challenging technology to serve the public good.
Emerson Malone is a copy editor and writer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Northern California, he studied journalism at the University of Oregon. Before The Markup, he worked at BuzzFeed News.
Show Your WorkAutomated Censorship
We found that Instagram heavily demoted nongraphic images of war, deleted captions and hid comments without notification, suppressed hashtags, and limited users’ ability to appeal moderation decisions
Automated Censorship
How to appeal, check violations, and more
Automated Censorship
An investigation by The Markup found that the platform demoted images of the Israel–Hamas war, deleted captions without warning, and denied users the option to appeal
Organ Failure
Despite being more likely to die of liver disease, Native Americans are far less likely to make the transplant list than White people
Show Your WorkOrgan Failure
We found Native Americans were listed for a transplant significantly less often than other racial groups compared with their number of deaths from liver disease
Hello World
A conversation with Bourhan Yassin
Machine Learning
The tools that likely brought down Harvard president Claudine Gay are improperly used on students all the time
Machine Learning
Wisconsin took down its dropout predictions after a Markup investigation. Here’s what two students we featured have to say
Languages of Misinformation
Don’t get into a political argument. Talk about misinformation instead
LevelUp
We answer the questions readers asked in response to our guide to anonymizing your phone
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