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Watching Big Tech.

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Data brokers spent $143M on lobbying from 2020 to 2022, but we held them to account for just $6M per year. We could do even more with your help.

Donate today: themarkup.org/donate

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A Florida minor and his family say they never would’ve used Life360 if they knew it sold their location data. And now they have filed a federal lawsuit against the family tracking app, demanding a jury trial.

Read the lawsuit details here: https://themarkup.org/privacy/2023/06/01/life360-sued-for-selling-location-data

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We recently upgraded Blacklight, a tool that scans websites for user-tracking tech. It has scanned sites over 10 million times since launching in 2020, and can now detect new trackers.

We highlighted the upgrades here: https://themarkup.org/blacklight/2023/05/31/blacklight-updated-with-new-tracker-lists

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Trackers are standard across all sorts of web products. But we don’t use them.

So when we needed mapping software to display data collected for a recent investigation, we ran into a familiar problem—our main options all had trackers. How we solved the issue in this week's newsletter: https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/05/27/our-maps-dont-know-where-you-are

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We’re looking for a to join our award-winning, newsroom.

Please share widely! https://boards.greenhouse.io/themarkup/jobs/6768437002

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As of this week, is considering two bills that would help break up a on the country’s organ transplant system.

What you need to know about the current state of the system in our : https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/05/20/an-algorithm-decides-who-gets-a-liver-transplant-here-are-5-things-to-know

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: We broke down yesterday's decision and what it meant for .


https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2023/05/18/section-230-just-survived-a-brush-with-death

themarkup, to science
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Internet providers in your area may be asking people in marginalized neighborhoods to pay more for less.

We’re launching a Build Your Own Dataset guide with @biglocalnews—that features tools and templates from @aaronsankin and @Leonyin—so you can :


https://themarkup.org/build-your-own-dataset/2023/05/11/slow-internet-find-out-what-side-of-the-digital-divide-youre-on

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Our Blacklight inspector has successfully conducted more than 10,000,000 scans.

10,000,000!

We’re celebrating by highlighting a bit of what you’ve found with the tool: https://themarkup.org/blacklight/2023/05/03/10-million-blacklight-scans-later-heres-what-you-found

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AI chatbots like ChatGPT mirror human language so well that sometimes we just forget they’re nothing but large statistical maps of internet language....

Our latest : https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/04/29/in-ai-we-dont-trust

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Happy Friday!

For this week's story, we'll share Michelle Pitcher's interview with journalist Jason Walker, who bravely reports on conditions inside even though it puts his life at risk.
https://www.texasobserver.org/prison-journalist-shows-why-we-need-a-free-press-even-behind-bars/

If you know anything about prison , you know both how brave Jason is, and how hard Michelle had to work to get inside to report this story.


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@TexasObserver Thank you for kicking off the thread with such a powerful story.

We're sharing something @tfeathers published yesterday: An investigation into a racially inequitable "dropout risk" algorithm used in Wisconsin. https://themarkup.org/machine-learning/2023/04/27/false-alarm-how-wisconsin-uses-race-and-income-to-label-students-high-risk

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: In Kenosha, Wisconsin, 43% of Black ninth graders were labeled “high risk” of dropping out by an algorithm.

Just 11% of White ninth graders got that same label.

@tfeathers investigated the risk scores that every student in the state gets before high school:

https://themarkup.org/machine-learning/2023/04/27/false-alarm-how-wisconsin-uses-race-and-income-to-label-students-high-risk

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Who’s considered the creator of an -generated product?

We put the question to an expert:
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/04/22/copyright-showdown-ais-next-frontier

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It's Friday!

Where my newsrooms at?!

@damemagazine @TexasObserver @TPR @azpm @thexylom @TheConversationUS @wausaupilot @STAT

show us that good stuff!!!

(see a newsroom? not a bot account? tag 'em in a reply so we can find 'em)

themarkup,
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@gbhnews @damemagazine @TexasObserver @TPR @azpm @thexylom @TheConversationUS @wausaupilot @STAT literally same

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H&R Block’s e-filing service attracts millions of customers per year.

We found code on its site gathering taxpayers’ sensitive financial information and sending it to Facebook.

That’s no longer happening thanks to our reporting: https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/11/22/tax-filing-websites-have-been-sending-users-financial-information-to-facebook

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Ok let’s do this! For The Markup’s first Friday, we’re reading this piece which summarizes recent research into “algorithmic wage discrimination.” https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-04-11/algorithmic-wage-discrimination

The finding is that gig companies are using algorithms to discover the lowest rate that people are willing to work for.

Tagging in our friends at @gbhnews @TexasObserver @damemagazine @STAT @mongabay @conversationus @thexylom and more to share a piece!

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Interested in working for The Markup? Wondering how you can make your application stand out?

Our editor-in-chief, @sisiwei, answers these questions and more: https://themarkup.org/inside-the-markup/2023/03/09/aspire-to-work-for-the-markup-heres-our-advice-for-candidates

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On that note, if you’re interested in joining our team you can sign up for our jobs newsletter for notifications when we post new positions: https://themarkup.org/newsletter/jobs

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Don’t mind us re-introducing ourselves....

We’re The Markup, a nonprofit newsroom that’s skeptical about Big Tech. And there’s a lot to be skeptical about right now.

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We joined back in November 2022 and made the switch to our own —mastodon.themarkup.org—in February 2023. This account is where you can find us from now on.

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first New Story on the New Instance coming right up....

themarkup,
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@baslow we're live! https://themarkup.org/privacy/2023/02/16/forget-milk-and-eggs-supermarkets-are-having-a-fire-sale-on-data-about-you

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oh hey is this working?

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