Privacy
Touring a Rental? A Face Scan May Be Required
With the rise of self-guided tours, many companies are requiring facial recognition to see a property
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.
Hello World
What I Learned While Reporting on School Censorship
Web blockers are having all sorts of unintended consequences for students
Digital Book Banning
Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites
The Trevor Project? Blocked. Planned Parenthood? Blocked. NASA? BLOCKED
Show Your WorkDigital Book Banning
How We Investigated Web Censorship in Schools
We requested records from 26 districts in 11 states. Ten turned us down on cybersecurity grounds.
Digital Book Banning
Students: Investigate Internet Censorship in Your School District
Virtually every public school filters the web, and blocked websites create a paper trail
Digital Book Banning
Five High Schoolers Describe the Dangers and Frustrations of Censored Web Access
Their schools block information about The Trevor Project, abortion, microplastics, and more
Hello World
The One Piece of Tech That Would Make the New York City Subway Much Safer
Rather than security robots or gun detectors, officials could invest in tech that deters someone from jumping or being pushed into the tracks
LevelUp
How (and Why) We Added Right-Aligned Text to The Markup’s Publishing System
We coded retroactively and it damn near wrecked us
News
Malfunctioning NYC AI Chatbot Still Active Despite Widespread Evidence It’s Encouraging Illegal Behavior
Mayor Eric Adams said the city is working to fix the problems, and the site now advises visitors to “not use its responses as legal or professional advice”
Hello World
What We’ve Been Feeding Our Brains
An eclectic mix of books, podcasts, records, and games that The Markup staff has found fascinating this month
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