The Breakdown
New York State’s “Right to Repair” Law Could Have a Ripple Effect
The passage of the bill could result in a national policy shift
Jon Keegan
Investigative Data Journalist
Jon Keegan was an Investigative Data Journalist at The Markup until July 2024.
Jon is passionate about revealing the hidden patterns created by our interactions with the big platforms. He is happiest when his computer’s fan is running full-tilt while collecting millions of rows of data.
Before The Markup, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, researching signals of trust in online news and studying the role of AI in journalism. He also worked at The Wall Street Journal for 18 years, where he ran the interactive graphics team.
Jon’s work has won several journalism awards, including the Loeb Award, the Society of Professional Journalists’ Excellence in Journalism Award and the Society of News Design’s Best of Digital Gold Award.
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
Privacy
Following Markup Investigation, U.S. Regulators Questioned Life360’s Data Practices
The family safety company was approached by regulators about its data sales
Privacy
Lawsuit Highlights How Little Control Brokers Have Over Location Data
The case suggests this loosely regulated industry can’t deliver on its promises of privacy
The BreakdownPrivacy
Who Is Policing the Location Data Industry?
Google and Apple have tried to crack down, but location data brokers are moving to a new way to collect your whereabouts that’s much harder to detect
Privacy
Family Safety App Touting Digital Security Leaves Its Own Users' Sensitive Data at Risk
Former employees said Life360 executives knew about security gaps
Privacy
Life360 Says It Will Stop Selling Precise Location Data
The announcement comes after The Markup identified the family tracking app as one of the largest sources of raw data for the location data industry
Privacy
Gay/Bi Dating App, Muslim Prayer Apps Sold Data on People’s Location to a Controversial Data Broker
The Markup identified 107 apps that sold data to X‑Mode in 2018 and 2019
Privacy
The Popular Family Safety App Life360 Is Selling Precise Location Data on Its Tens of Millions of Users
The app is a major source of raw location data for a multibillion-dollar industry that buys, packages, and sells people’s movements
Show Your WorkCitizen Browser
How We Investigated Facebook’s Most Popular Content
We found that Facebook's popularity metric obscures how well ultra-conservative content does on the platform
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