Hello World
Meet Nightshade—A Tool Empowering Artists to Fight Back Against AI
A newly released research paper outlines a tool artists can use to make their work act like “poison” if it is ingested by an AI image generator
Maria Puertas
Community and Social Media Manager
Maria Puertas was The Markup’s social media manager, executing the day-to-day promotion of our reporting and investigations. She left The Markup in June 2024.
Prior to The Markup, Maria worked at the American Civil Liberties Union, where she drove strategy on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Before that, she worked in various roles for digital agencies and political campaigns.
Maria is interested in how individuals navigate and develop online communities, a topic she has researched and is continuing to observe here at The Markup.
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‘Let Me Tell Them Goodbye Before They Get Killed’: How eSIM Cards Are Connecting Palestinian Families
As blackouts in Gaza cut communications, a crowdsourced effort by an Egyptian writer reconnects family members, one eSIM card at a time
Hello World
I Went to the Real ‘Cop Con.’ Here’s The Tech Police Are Testing.
Nearly 700 vendors showcased police tech from tracking devices disguised as Newport cigarettes to window-breaking drones
News
The Tech at ‘Cop Con’: Cigarette Carton Trackers, VR for School Shootings, and ‘Peacekeeper Batons’
The International Association of Chiefs of Police brings police leadership and tech vendors together at its annual conference, where clear trends about the future of law enforcement emerged
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The Problems Biden’s AI Order Must Address
The Markup gives a section-by-section breakdown of the summarized executive order on artificial intelligence
Hello World
How to Use Reported Crime Data to Actually Prevent Crime
Ask why crimes happen where they do
LevelUp
Without a Trace: How to Take Your Phone Off the Grid
A guide on anonymizing your phone, so you can use it without it using you
News
Twitter Is Throttling Patreon Links, Creators Say It Undermines Their Livelihood
Markup readers helped uncover the link delays, which also affect WhatsApp and Messenger
Hello World
How Ring Cameras Have the Power to Perpetuate Bias to Police
Cops already listen to the needs of wealthy and White residents far more than that of people of color. Tech companies threaten to make the problem worse in the way they share community surveillance.
Neighborhood Watch
Accidental Spies: Amazon Ring Owners May Be Unknowingly Emailing Police
An investigation by The Markup found that Ring’s social platform funnels suspicions from residents in Whiter and wealthier areas of Los Angeles directly to police
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