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Department of Education Sued Following Markup Investigation Into FAFSA Data Shared with Facebook
Advocates want answers after The Markup found the department sharing student data with Meta
Challenging technology to serve the public good.
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Advocates want answers after The Markup found the department sharing student data with Meta
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More than 200 national and regional lenders share sensitive user data with Facebook. Experts say it might be illegal
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Telehealth company Cerebral will pay a $7 million fine and limit the consumer health data it uses for advertising purposes under a new FTC order
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Alcohol addiction treatment company Monument banned by the FTC from disclosing user information to third-party advertisers
News
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”
Impact
An investigation by The Markup sparked demands for answers
Prediction: Bias
The Markup's investigations have shown how a predictive policing algorithm was both discriminatory and inaccurate
Impact
Nearly a quarter of the 47 location data companies we identified in 2021 have faced Congressional scrutiny or regulatory enforcement actions
Privacy
The company is prohibited from selling sensitive location data and is ordered to put consumer privacy protections in place
Machine Learning
Wisconsin took down its dropout predictions after a Markup investigation. Here’s what two students we featured have to say
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