
Pixel Hunt
Facebook Watches Teens Online As They Prep for College
An investigation by The Markup found Meta’s pixel tracking students from kindergarten to college
Challenging technology to serve the public good.
Pixel Hunt
An investigation by The Markup found Meta’s pixel tracking students from kindergarten to college
News
Markup readers helped uncover the link delays, which also affect WhatsApp and Messenger
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Machine Learning
The Markup found the state’s decade-old dropout prediction algorithms don’t work and may be negatively influencing how educators perceive students of color
Organ Failure
Hospitals in New York and California engineered a policy shift that let them source livers from hundreds of miles away
Organ Failure
Life-saving liver transplants have plummeted in some Southern and Midwestern states with higher death rates from liver disease, while New York and California have made big gains
Investigation
An investigation by The Markup found racial disparities in L.A.’s intake system for unhoused people
Pixel Hunt
An investigation by The Markup and STAT found 49 out of 50 telehealth websites sharing health data via Big Tech’s tracking tools
Working for an Algorithm
An investigation by The Markup found that Uber is slow to respond to law enforcement requests, leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks
Pixel Hunt
The Markup found services including TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and H&R Block sending sensitive data
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