Brazil gives parents social media controls for their kids. Should the US?
California is leading on kids’ data privacy in the U.S. but still lags internationally.
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Kaiser Permanente nurses say technology is making their jobs — and patient care — worse
Call center nurses at the health giant said workplace surveillance tools and AI prioritize speed and cost savings over quality and safety.
Californians can protect their personal data with one click. Help us test if it works
A new state tool lets you tell data brokers to stop tracking you. Will they comply? Help us investigate.
Your medical provider might be recording your mental health care visits
Mental health providers are increasingly using AI technology to record conversations, raising privacy concerns among patients and practitioners.
The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no.
Dark patterns force patients to share their data with big healthcare networks, even when the privacy form they’re signing explicitly says they can opt-out.
It’s easier for Californians to escape data brokers following a Markup investigation
The Markup and CalMatters showed how website code could make it harder for Californians to exercise their right to remove personal data. Now much of that code has disappeared.
Websites break California privacy law at ‘industrial scale,’ survey finds
Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft are ignoring data controls mandated under California law, researchers say.
Background checks to curb dating app violence advance in California legislature
Bill addresses an issue investigated by The Markup last year.
The Markup wins SABEW Award for Best in Business Journalism
The 18-month-long investigation about how Tinder, Hinge, and their corporate owner kept rape under wraps won in the technology reporting category.
It was John Wayne’s political club. Now it’s spending millions on online influence
The Lincoln Media Foundation has spent big to push ‘local’ conservative messaging