Blacklight
Nevada Lawmakers Introduce Privacy Legislation After Markup Investigation into Vaccine Websites
Law would expand consumer privacy laws to sites running public awareness campaigns
Impact
Google the Giant
Ads Are Impersonating Government Websites in Google Results, Despite Ban
The company pledged to eliminate ads for sites that charge hefty fees for otherwise free or inexpensive services—but they continue
Google the Giant
Citing Markup Investigation, Civil Rights Group Demands Racial Equity Audit at Google
Color of Change petition calls Google’s block on advertisers searching for social justice content “unacceptable”
Citizen Browser
Facebook Pledges to Remove Discriminatory Credit and Loan Ads Discovered by The Markup
The Markup’s Citizen Browser project found four companies targeting ads for financial products to specific age groups—a violation of Facebook policy and, potentially, civil rights laws
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
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
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