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The Affordable Connectivity Program Was a Connectivity Lifeline for Millions. Congress Is Letting It Die
Hello World is a weekly newsletter—delivered every Saturday morning—that goes deep into our original reporting and the questions we put to big thinkers in the field. Browse the archive here. Four days ago, on April 30, a popular and widely used government program began the process of shutting...
How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest? (Updated 2024)
This article is an updated version of The Markup’s original article on how to prepare your phone for a protest, published in 2020. Gaza solidarity encampments have appeared on college campuses across the United States, joining a growing wave of protests against Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. Before...
Millions Rely on an Affordable Internet Subsidy. It Ends This Month
This article is copublished with CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics. Sign up for its newsletters. Alfredo Camacho and his three daughters started a new routine last week: Every evening they go to the parking lot outside a nearby library to get Wi-Fi access. The kids do homework and download YouTube videos, while Alfredo checks his email and searches job listings.
Why Governments Need To Take a More Active Role in Regulating AI
Ross here—I’m an Investigative Data Journalist at The Markup. We publish a lot of words telling you what AI can (and often shouldn’t) do, but how can public policy keep AI in check?. Governments are ramping up their role in keeping AI algorithms accountable and limiting their...
How I Explained AI and Deepfakes Using Only Basic Vietnamese
Welcome to The Markup, where we use investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that delivers our stories and tools directly to your inbox. This article is copublished with CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining...
Online Censorship in Schools Leaves Teachers in the Lurch, Too
Welcome to The Markup, where we use investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that delivers our stories and tools directly to your inbox. Elizabeth Tyree was recently trying to teach her West Texas students about...
Cerebral to Pay $7 Million Fine and Limit Health Data Use for Ads Under Federal Order
This article was co-published with STAT, a national publication that delivers trusted and authoritative journalism about health, medicine, and the life sciences. Sign up for its health tech newsletter here. Telehealth company Cerebral will limit the consumer health data it uses for advertising purposes under a new order announced by...
Deepfakes: Did Joe Biden Really Call?
Hello World is a weekly newsletter—delivered every Saturday morning—that goes deep into our original reporting and the questions we put to big thinkers in the field. Browse the archive here. Hi everyone, Lam here. Earlier this year, there were reports of Joe Biden calling voters in New Hampshire...
FTC Cracks Down on Telehealth Addiction Service Monument for Sharing Health Data
This article was co-published with STAT, a national publication that delivers trusted and authoritative journalism about health, medicine, and the life sciences. Sign up for its health tech newsletter here. On April 11, the Federal Trade Commission took action against alcohol addiction telehealth company Monument, affirming its promise to crack...
The Markup is Joining Forces with CalMatters
We have big news about the next phase of The Markup: We’re joining forces with CalMatters to supercharge the impact of our work, and on a playing field where our journalism has been incredibly powerful: local. We’ll bet that you’ve heard the sob story around local news many times:...
What I Learned While Reporting on School Censorship
Hello World is a weekly newsletter—delivered every Saturday morning—that goes deep into our original reporting and the questions we put to big thinkers in the field. Browse the archive here. Hi all, Tara here, The Markup’s education reporter. I’m here to tell you about a package of stories...
How We Investigated Web Censorship in Schools
School districts are required to keep students from seeing obscene or harmful images online if they want federally subsidized internet access. An investigation by The Markup found that schools routinely go far beyond that, keeping students from information they need to complete their assignments and sometimes blocking access to information about abortion, sex education, and even suicide prevention resources for LGBTQ+ teens.
Students: Investigate Internet Censorship in Your School District
Welcome to The Markup, where we use investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that delivers our stories and tools directly to your inbox. After talking to students from across the country, we heard one sentiment...
The One Piece of Tech That Would Make the New York City Subway Much Safer
Hello World is a weekly newsletter—delivered every Saturday morning—that goes deep into our original reporting and the questions we put to big thinkers in the field. Browse the archive here. What’s up, world? It’s Ese. I take the subway here in New York City quite often:...
How (and Why) We Added Right-Aligned Text to The Markup’s Publishing System
Welcome to The Markup, where we use investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that delivers our stories and tools directly to your inbox. Picture this: you’re me, Miles, Full Stack Operations Engineer at The Markup....
Malfunctioning NYC AI Chatbot Still Active Despite Widespread Evidence It’s Encouraging Illegal Behavior
Welcome to The Markup, where we use investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that delivers our stories and tools directly to your inbox. This article is co-reported with THE CITY, a non-profit newsroom that serves...
What We’ve Been Feeding Our Brains
Michael Reilly here. As March draws to a close—and we wrap up the month with an investigation into how NYC’s AI-powered bot tells people to break the law—I’ve been asking around the newsroom to find out what else has captured my colleagues’ interest and fascination over the last month. Below you’ll find an eclectic mix of the things that we read, play, listen to, and otherwise feed our brains with when we’re not heads down doing the journalism we love (because we’re journalists, you’ll find a healthy dose of that as well).
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