Tools

Our tools hold institutions accountable for the way they use technology, pulling back the curtain so readers can see for themselves how technology affects them.

Blacklight

A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector

September 22, 2020 06:00 ET

Twitter/X headquarters with red bars in the sky.

Is Twitter Throttling a Website Right Now?

Measure in real-time how long it takes for X’s link shortener to redirect to any URL.

September 15, 2023 10:16 ET

Screenshot of an interactive map showing the internet speed of addresses in Los Angeles.

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See the Neighborhoods Internet Providers Excluded from Fast Internet

Explore The Markup’s interactive map to see where AT&T, CenturyLink, and Verizon offered only slow internet speeds in major U.S. cities

May 11, 2023 09:00 ET

Illustration of a browser window showing the US Place Sampler. Various coordinates wrapped in bubbles are scattered throughout the composition. The background features a location pin wallpaper made of dotted lines.

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United States Place Sampler (USPS)

Easily sample random U.S. street addresses using this new tool from Big Local News and The Markup

March 2, 2023 10:00 ET

Citizen Browser

Split Screen

A tool from The Markup’s Citizen Browser project

March 11, 2021 08:00 ET

Google the Giant

Simple Search

A browser extension from The Markup

November 10, 2020 08:00 ET

Amazon’s Advantage

Amazon Brand Detector

A browser extension that reveals Amazon brand and exclusive products while you shop on the site

November 29, 2021 08:00 ET

3-D Illustration of a colorful browser window, with arrows showing how its URL is transformed into a URL that is shorter.

LevelUp

Smol Links

Our WordPress plugin, built on top of Shlink, lets editors generate short URLs without compromising user privacy

October 27, 2022 11:00 ET