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The Trevor Project? Blocked. Planned Parenthood? Blocked. NASA? BLOCKED
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Their schools block information about The Trevor Project, abortion, microplastics, and more
Virtually every public school filters the web, and blocked websites create a paper trail
Our investigations use data-driven journalism and our own engineering expertise to reveal the hidden impacts of how tech is used.
Mayor Eric Adams said the city is working to fix the problems, and the site now advises visitors to “not use its responses as legal or professional advice”
Black women whistleblowers not only jeopardize their professional prospects, experts say, but often face more intense backlash
Related: Twitter Is Still Throttling Competitors’ Links—Check for Yourself
An investigation by The Markup found that the platform demoted images of the Israel–Hamas war, deleted captions without warning, and denied users the option to appeal
Related: What to Do If You Think You’ve Been Shadowbanned on Instagram
Our journalism has driven real-world change—from changes in government policy to the removal of tracking technology.
An investigation by The Markup sparked demands for answers
Original Investigation: L.A.’s Scoring System for Subsidized Housing Gives Black and Latino People Experiencing Homelessness Lower Priority Scores
A Markup investigation in 2022 found households in L.A.’s poorest neighborhoods were disproportionately asked to pay high prices for slow internet service
Original investigation: Dollars to Megabits, You May Be Paying 400 Times As Much As Your Neighbor for Internet Service
The Markup's investigations have shown how a predictive policing algorithm was both discriminatory and inaccurate
Original investigation: Crime Prediction Software Promised to Be Free of Biases. New Data Shows It Perpetuates Them
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We found Native Americans were listed for a transplant significantly less often than other racial groups compared with their number of deaths from liver disease
Investigation: A Death Sentence: Native Americans Shut Out of the Nation’s Liver Transplant System
Templates and tips from our FOI audit while investigating Amazon Ring’s social media platform, Neighbors
Original investigation: Accidental Spies: Amazon Ring Owners May Be Unknowingly Emailing Police
Don’t get into a political argument. Talk about misinformation instead
Đọc bằng tiếng Việt: Người Mỹ thế hệ thứ hai: Làm gì khi người thân lan truyền những tin tức không đúng
Read the series: Languages of Misinformation
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.
Measure in real-time how long it takes for X’s link shortener to redirect to any URL.
Update: Twitter Is Throttling Patreon Links, Creators Say It Undermines Their Livelihood
The Markup’s popular tool now gives you more ways to understand how sites are tracking you
Explore The Markup’s interactive map to see where AT&T, CenturyLink, and Verizon offered only slow internet speeds in major U.S. cities
Resource: Slow Internet? Find Out What Side of the Digital Divide You’re On
