Hello World
Tell Us About Your Experience With Multi-Level Marketing Companies and Tech
Help guide our reporting by telling us what you’ve experienced in this space
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.
Blacklight
Announcing Three New Features for the Blacklight Privacy Inspector
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Help Us Investigate Surveillance Marketing Using Facebook Data
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Blacklight
10 Million Blacklight Scans Later, Here’s What You Found
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