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.

maria@themarkup.org

Pixel Hunt

FTC Warns Tax Prep Companies Against Invasive Online Tracking

Sharing private information could lead to penalties, agency says after Markup investigation

September 19, 2023 13:13 ET

Illustration of two panels. On the left panel is a manga-inspired drawing of Gabriel Hongsdusit, an Asian man with short black hair and glasses. He says, “Hi!” The speech bubble is coming out of the frame. The right panel has the typed out alt text of that illustration, which starts at “A manga-inspired drawing…”

Hello World

How We Approach Visual Storytelling Accessibility at The Markup

A Q&A with The Markup’s visual designer Gabriel Hongsdusit

September 16, 2023 08:00 ET

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Twitter Is Still Throttling Competitors’ Links—Check for Yourself

Loading links to Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and Substack takes far longer than to other sites. We built a tool so you can check any domain you like

September 15, 2023 10:16 ET

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Zine: How We Illustrate Tech (and AI) at The Markup

A lot of what we cover is tough to visualize. We've developed a number of tricks to help—and a comic to tell you all about them

September 14, 2023 08:00 ET

Plain Text Zine: How We Illustrate Tech (and AI) at The Markup

A lot of what we cover is tough to visualize. We've developed a number of tricks to help—and a comic to tell you all about them.

September 14, 2023 08:00 ET

Closeup photograph of a black Axon body camera worn by a police officer. The badge next to it says “LOS ANGELES POLICE.”

Hello World

Private Companies Like Axon Expand Their Reach With Public Dollars. We Want to Look Into That

Ese Olumhense, a new reporter at The Markup, outlines her vision for investigating the ways governments acquire and use emerging technology

September 9, 2023 08:00 ET

Photo collage illustration of an Axon drone with several pages of its patent report overlaid on top of it.

Axon’s Ethics Board Resigned Over Taser-Armed Drones. Then the Company Bought a Military Drone Maker

The CEO's vision for Taser-equipped drones includes a fictitious scenario in which the technology averts a shooting at a daycare center

September 8, 2023 13:44 ET

Una mujer, de pie frente a dos hombres, mostrados desde atrás, con uniformes verdes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos; un agente usa un teléfono inteligente para escanear su rostro.

Hello World

Ayúdenos a investigar inmigración, justicia penal y responsabilidad gubernamental

Conozca a nuestra periodista de investigación, Monique

September 7, 2023 10:00 ET

A woman with dark skin stands before two men, shown from behind, in green US Border Patrol uniforms; one officer uses a smartphone to scan her face.

Hello World

Help Us Investigate Immigration, Criminal Justice, and Government Accountability

Meet our new investigative reporter, Monique

September 2, 2023 08:00 ET

Hand-drawn illustration of engineering intern Bach Le in a tweed deerstalker hat with a thought bubble filled with icons of a clock, a stop hand, and a reloading browser

LevelUp

Solving the Case of the Tricky Timeout Bug

Sometimes, fixing a bug requires “sheer persistence”

August 30, 2023 08:00 ET

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