The Markup

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Privacy

How Political Campaigns Use Your Phone’s Location to Target You

Before you got in line on Election Day, the emerging and largely unregulated political tracking industry was able to trace your movements

November 8, 2022 08:00 ET

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Still Loading

Dollars to Megabits, You May Be Paying 400 Times As Much As Your Neighbor for Internet Service

An investigation by The Markup found that AT&T, Verizon, EarthLink, and CenturyLink disproportionately offered lower-income and least-White neighborhoods slow internet service for the same price as speedy connections they offered in other parts of town

October 19, 2022 06:51 ET

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Working for an Algorithm

More Than 350 Gig Workers Carjacked, 28 Killed, Over the Last Five Years

Meanwhile, Uber confirms 24,000 alleged physical assaults and threatened assaults against its drivers from 2017 to 2020

July 28, 2022 08:00 ET

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The Breakdown

Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car?

A firehose of sensitive data from your vehicle is flowing to a group of companies you’ve probably never heard of

July 27, 2022 08:00 ET

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Citizen Browser

As Demand for Medication Abortion Increases, Facebook Allows Ads for Potentially Dangerous “Abortion Reversal” Procedure

The ads appear as the company faces criticism for limiting content about medication abortions

July 19, 2022 06:00 ET

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Pixel Hunt

This Children’s Hospital Network Was Giving Kids’ Information to Facebook

When parents scheduled an appointment for their children on the Nemours page, Facebook received that information

June 21, 2022 13:00 ET

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Pixel Hunt

Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites

Experts say some hospitals’ use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information

June 16, 2022 06:00 ET

Citizen Browser

Facebook Promised to Remove “Sensitive” Ads. Here’s What It Left Behind

Facebook pledged to remove race, health conditions, and political affiliation from ad-targeting options, but The Markup found advertisers can still easily target the same people

May 12, 2022 08:00 ET