The idea behind predictive policing is that by feeding historical crime data into a computer algorithm, it’s possible to determine where crime is most likely to occur, or who is most likely to offend. Law enforcement officials can then make proactive interventions, like conducting patrols in predicted crime locations, ideally...
Lo scorso ottobre, un’indagine di Markup ha scoperto che la piattaforma sociale di Amazon Ring, Neighbors, convoglia i sospetti dei residenti delle aree più bianche e ricche di Los Angeles direttamente alla polizia. Il nostro reportage ha mostrato che più di 2.600 polizie e quasi 600 vigili del fuoco negli Stati Uniti hanno...
Location firm Near describes itself as “The World’s Largest Dataset of People’s Behavior in the Real-World,” with data representing “1.6B people across 44 countries.” Mobilewalla boasts “40+ Countries, 1.9B+ Devices, 50B Mobile Signals Daily, 5+ Years of Data.” X-Mode’s website claims its data covers “25%+ of...
Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them to the social network. On average, each participant in the study had their data sent to Facebook by 2,230 companies. That number varied significantly, with some panelists’...
These TVs can capture and identify 7,200 images per hour, or approximately two every second. The data is then used for content recommendations and ad targeting, which is a huge business; advertisers spent an estimated $18.6 billion on smart TV ads in 2022, according to market research firm eMarketer.
Two proposed federal class action lawsuits, filed in the wake of a Markup investigation, accuse the grocer of disclosing private data through its online store and pharmacy...
“After signing into their ACT account, if a student accepted cookies on the following page, Facebook received details on almost everything they clicked on—including scrambled but identifiable data like their first and last name, and whether they’re registering for the ACT. The site even registered clicks about a...
An investigation by the media organization The Markup found the pixel by Facebook and Instagram-parent Meta on dozens of popular websites targeting kids from kindergarten to college, including sites that students are all but required to use if they want to participate in school activities or apply to college....
Immaginate una studentessa delle superiori che vuole andare al college, ama fare il tifo per la squadra di calcio della sua scuola e pratica uno o due sport. Un giorno, dopo la scuola, si iscrive a un account ACT ufficiale in modo da poter programmare l’esame di ammissione al college e vedere che punteggio ottiene dopo averlo...
Article by The Markup: It reports of a 67-year-old Vietnamese grandmother who has become a Youtuber newscaster in order to meet the needs of the Vietnamese community and undo the influence of right-wing misinformation....