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“Out Of Control”: Dozens of Telehealth Startups Sent Sensitive Health Information to Big Tech Companies
An investigation by The Markup and STAT found 49 out of 50 telehealth websites sharing health data via Big Tech’s tracking tools
Jill Jaroff
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Jill Jaroff is The Markup’s copy editor and producer. Before The Markup, she had a long stint in the copy department at Sports Illustrated, as well as a diverse freelance career that ranged from editing novels with a musical theme to encyclopedias of the 20th century to business and sports nonfiction.
Jill also has a J.D. from Fordham Law School and worked for several years as a criminal defense attorney for The Legal Aid Society in New York City.
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When Drivers Are Attacked, Uber Leaves Police Waiting for Help
An investigation by The Markup found that Uber is slow to respond to law enforcement requests, leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks
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Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending Users’ Financial Information to Facebook
The Markup found services including TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and H&R Block sending sensitive data
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Dollars to Megabits, You May Be Paying 400 Times As Much As Your Neighbor for Internet Service
An investigation by The Markup found that AT&T, Verizon, EarthLink, and CenturyLink disproportionately offered lower-income and least-White neighborhoods slow internet service for the same price as speedy connections they offered in other parts of town
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More Than 350 Gig Workers Carjacked, 28 Killed, Over the Last Five Years
Meanwhile, Uber confirms 24,000 alleged physical assaults and threatened assaults against its drivers from 2017 to 2020
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As Demand for Medication Abortion Increases, Facebook Allows Ads for Potentially Dangerous “Abortion Reversal” Procedure
The ads appear as the company faces criticism for limiting content about medication abortions
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Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites
Experts say some hospitals’ use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information
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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
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Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You
The FAFSA form included code that sent personal information back to Facebook
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How We Built a Meta Pixel Inspector
The first large-scale, crowdsourced study that monitors how Meta tracks people across the internet
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