Privacy
Google Promised Its Contact Tracing App Was Completely Private—But It Wasn’t
Researchers say hundreds of preinstalled apps can access a log found on Android devices where sensitive contact tracing information is stored
Impact
Google the Giant
In Response to The Markup’s Reporting, Some YouTubers Are Ditching the Platform
They said Google’s decision to block advertisers from seeing “Black Lives Matter” and other social justice YouTube videos was the last straw
Citizen Browser
How Facebook’s Ad System Lets Companies Talk Out of Both Sides of Their Mouths
Exxon, Comcast, and other companies target people of different political leanings with different ads
Google the Giant
Google Blocks Advertisers from Targeting Black Lives Matter YouTube Videos
“Black power” and “Black Lives Matter” can't be used to find videos for ads, but “White power” and “White lives matter” were just fine
Google the Giant
Google Has a Secret Blocklist that Hides YouTube Hate Videos from Advertisers—But It’s Full of Holes
Many well-known White supremacist and White nationalist terms and slogans were not blocked
Machine Learning
Texas A&M Drops “Race” from Student Risk Algorithm Following Markup Investigation
Our investigation found major universities were using race as a predictor of student success and, in the process, steering Black kids away from the sciences
Locked Out
Citing a Markup Investigation, Senators Question Regulators About Tenant Screening Oversight
They raise concerns over racial disparities, effects of pandemic
Working for an Algorithm
Postmates Workers Scammed out of Their Earnings Are Reimbursed Following The Markup’s Report
The phishing scam targets gig workers, accessing their login credentials and stealing their pay
Google the Giant
Google Has Been Allowing Advertisers to Exclude Nonbinary People from Seeing Job Ads
Dozens of advertisers instructed the company to not show their ads to people of “unknown” gender, meaning people who had not identified themselves as male or female
Allstate’s Algorithm
Michigan Regulators Question Allstate's Car Insurance Pricing
The agency is raising the same issues we found in our investigation of Allstate's proposed algorithm in Maryland
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