Google the Giant
Google Ad Portal Equated “Black Girls” with Porn
Searching Google’s ad buying portal for “Black girls” returned hundreds of terms leading to “adult content”
Impact
Banned Bounty
Amazon’s Enforcement Failures Leave Open a Back Door to Banned Goods—Some Sold and Shipped by Amazon Itself
The online giant bans products related to drugs, spying and weapons, but we found plenty for sale; one of the items bought on the site left a grim trail of overdoses
Allstate’s Algorithm
Texas Drivers Sue Allstate over Secret “Suckers List"
A joint investigation by The Markup and Consumer Reports was cited in a lawsuit over discriminatory car insurance rates
Coronavirus
Blind Users Struggle with State Coronavirus Websites
A Markup survey finds that many state webpages have serious accessibility issues
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