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Watching Big Tech.

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: This Vietnamese-speaking influencer peddled misinfo to hundreds of thousands of YouTube subscribers.

It’s a growing trend in which “news influencers” cite misleading sources and facilitate the spread of misinfo in immigrant communities. https://themarkup.org/languages-of-misinformation/2024/05/22/the-inside-story-of-the-youtube-influencer-who-peddles-misinformation-to-vietnamese-communities

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Thinking about doing research in your school’s library databases? Your browsing history might be shared with data companies.

Here’s why maintaining privacy is becoming increasingly difficult in universities: https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2024/05/18/librarians-are-waging-a-quiet-war-against-international-data-cartels

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: Major mortgage lenders are sharing sensitive user data with Facebook.

If you’ve been on the market for a , the platform could know about your credit, your address, and more.
https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2024/05/15/mortgage-brokers-sent-peoples-estimated-credit-address-and-veteran-status-to-facebook

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Our illustrations, tools, webpages, and more all aim to shed light on technology's impact on our society.

Last week, we received six Society for News Design awards recognizing these efforts.

We're honored to receive and share this recognition. ❤️ 🎨
https://themarkup.org/inside-the-markup/2024/05/14/the-markup-wins-six-awards-of-excellence-from-the-society-for-news-design

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We found NYC’s chatbot doling out lies.

In response, a Columbia professor built a bot on the fly that gives more accurate answers.

How did things go so wrong in the NYC government? ⬇️ https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2024/05/11/this-journalism-professor-made-a-nyc-chatbot-in-minutes-it-actually-worked

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Before you hit the streets, you should note that your cellphones may subject you to surveillance tactics by law enforcement.

We put together a guide on how to prepare your phone for a protest: https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2024/05/04/how-do-i-prepare-my-phone-for-a-protest-updated-2024

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Recent campus protests–and the push to ID protesters–have raised concerns about how colleges track their students every day.

We investigated on this back in 2023: https://themarkup.org/machine-learning/2023/11/30/he-wanted-privacy-his-college-gave-him-none

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Apple AirTags are notoriously used by stalkers and abusers for tracking.

But internet-connected cars can do the same, often without a driver’s knowledge:
https://themarkup.org/privacy/2024/04/30/car-tracking-can-enable-domestic-abuse-turning-it-off-is-easier-said-than-done

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School web filters were meant to keep kids from accessing online porn.

They’ve now morphed into tools of digital censorship. NEW:
https://themarkup.org/digital-book-banning/2024/04/23/online-censorship-in-schools-leaves-teachers-in-the-lurch-too

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A telehealth company specializing in mental health will limit the patient data it uses for advertising, following an FTC order.

The company, Cerebral, must also pay a $7 million fine for info it already disclosed. With
@STAT: https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2024/04/22/cerebral-to-pay-7-million-fine-and-limit-health-data-use-for-ads-under-federal-order

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Deepfakes have made their way into this election cycle, blurring the line between fact and fiction.

How to spot them:
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2024/04/20/deepfakes-did-joe-biden-really-call

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The FTC has cracked down on another telehealth company for misusing patients’ sensitive health data.

Monument, which aims to help treat addiction, revealed info to Meta and Google without users’ consent.

We uncovered that was happening with @STAT: https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2024/04/19/ftc-cracks-down-on-telehealth-addiction-service-monument-for-sharing-health-data

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Hello! We have some big news—our newsroom is joining forces with Cal Matters. ❤️ https://themarkup.org/inside-the-markup/2024/04/18/the-markup-is-joining-forces-with-calmatters

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NEW TOOL: Students can connect to school Wi-Fi and monitor their ’s in just a few clicks.

Share with a K-12 student in your life ⬇️
https://themarkup.org/digital-book-banning/2024/04/13/does-your-school-block-these-sites

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Originally intended to block obscene or harmful content, web filters now prevent students from learning.

What five high schoolers have dealt with, in their own words:
https://themarkup.org/digital-book-banning/2024/04/13/five-high-schoolers-explain-how-web-filters-inhibit-their-learning-and-safety

themarkup, to news
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: Schools censor much of the web—and the practice is inhibiting students’ learning and even safety.

The Trevor Project? Blocked.
Planned Parenthood? Blocked.
NASA? Blocked.

With USA TODAY: https://mrkup.org/mZ9lR

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New Yorkers may soon have gun detectors and massive robots in subway stations.

But when will we have tech that keeps people off the tracks?
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2024/04/06/the-one-piece-of-tech-that-would-make-the-new-york-city-subway-much-safer

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We coded retroactively and it damn near wrecked us. 😵‍💫

A behind-the-scenes into what engineering a news site can look like:
https://themarkup.org/levelup/2024/04/04/how-and-why-we-added-right-aligned-text-to-the-markups-publishing-system

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: NYC Mayor Eric Adams just acknowledged problems with NYC’s chatbot.

But the bot is still available and encouraging businesses to break the law. With @THECITY: https://mrkup.org/citybot

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: The government’s is telling businesses to break labor and housing .

With @THECITY and Documented NY: https://themarkup.org/news/2024/03/29/nycs-ai-chatbot-tells-businesses-to-break-the-law

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Instagram will no longer recommend “political” content to users from accounts they don’t follow.

If you're an user, here’s how to check whether your content’s reach is being limited: https://themarkup.org/automated-censorship/2024/03/25/instagram-creators-check-if-your-posts-are-political

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Donald Trump supporters have been using AI to generate photos of Trump with Black people as a way to appeal to Black voters.

Should journalists reshare these images for educational purposes, or minimize their reach?

Our take: https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2024/03/23/trump-kate-and-a-misplaced-shark

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Last year, our investigation on how L.A. gave lower priority to unhoused Black and Latino people for subsidized housing led to a unanimous motion to improve fairness in the “vulnerability” scoring system that generated the issue.

This year, the piece won a Sigma Award.

Read the winning piece:
https://themarkup.org/investigation/2023/02/28/l-a-s-scoring-system-for-subsidized-housing-gives-black-and-latino-people-experiencing-homelessness-lower-priority-scores

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U.S. Customs and Border Protections’ goal to build AI-powered surveillance tech could mean…

  • Migrants take more perilous routes.
  • More end up in the U.S.’s already-overwhelmed immigration court and detention system.

What you need to know: https://themarkup.org/news/2024/03/22/the-future-of-border-patrol-ai-is-always-watching

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The Markup found Instagram categorized comments criticizing Israel and supporting Palestine as “spam” and a whole lot more. Read in Arabic:
وجد موقع "ذا مارك آب" بأن منصة إنستغرام قامت بتصنيف التعليقات الناقدة لإسرائيل والداعمة لفلسطين كـ"سبام" وأكثر. اقرأ/ي: https://themarkup.org/automated-censorship/2024/03/21/instagram-shadowban-investigation-arabic

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