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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
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Texas A&M Drops “Race” from Student Risk Algorithm Following MarkupInvestigation
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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Powerful DNA Software Used in Hundreds of Criminal Cases Faces New Scrutiny
After decades of secrecy, two judges have ruled defendants can investigate whether TrueAllele’s probabilistic genotyping algorithm works as advertised
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Major Universities Are Using Race as a “High Impact Predictor” of Student Success
Students, professors, and education experts worry that that’s pushing Black students in particular out of math and science
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For Sale on Etsy: Greeting Cards and … Gun Parts?
The Markup found several vendors selling high-capacity ammunition magazines and firearm accessories on Etsy
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Police Say They Can Use Facial Recognition, Despite Bans
More than a dozen cities have passed facial recognition bans in the past couple of years, but police say there are loopholes
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Tech Firms Profited from Far-Right Militia Content Despite Ban on “ThreePercenters”
Google and Facebook ran ads for “Give Violence a Chance” shirts and far-right militia merchandise, which also appeared on Amazon
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Facebook Removes Holocaust Denial Pages Following The Markup’s Report
We had found a network of anti-Semitic groups on the platform
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Why Web Scraping Is Vital to Democracy
Journalists have used scrapers to collect data that rooted out extremist cops, tracked lobbyists, and uncovered an underground market for adoptedchildren
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Tech Companies Won Big in California, but the Gig Worker Battle Isn’t Over
“Now, this is America’s fight,” said one activist
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