In most cases, the students on Bradford’s list for summer visits land there because of a label—“high risk”—assigned to them by a racially inequitable algorithm

It took Malena and Ben a year to do this investigation. It required extensive interviews, time spent reading 600-page court documents, and filing requests

It took six years, from the algorithm’s deployment in 2017 until “Inside the Suspicion Machine” published, for the public to get a full picture of how it worked

Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them

The crux of this fight is over a concept called “disparate impact” and whether the FCC should use it to identify whether an ISP has engaged in discrimination.

We’re excited to announce that Michael Reilly, a science and technology journalist for nearly two decades, will be joining The Markup as its managing editor.

So I’m thrilled to share this Q&A with associate professor of computer science at University of California, Riverside, Shaolei Ren

I turned to Katherine Forrest, former federal judge for the Southern District of New York and partner at Paul, Weiss, to help us break down AI

Our investigation found that after a decade of use and millions of predictions, DEWS may be negatively influencing how educators perceive students of color.

Nonprofits tasked with shoring up the country’s supply of donated organs for transplant are overwhelmingly underperforming at their job.

Blacklight is an online tool that allows users to enter any website and find out what tracking technologies are present.

The Dropout Early Warning System (DEWS) assesses every incoming high schooler in Wisconsin. Green for low risk, yellow for moderate risk, or red for high risk.

We’ll show you how to collect data on internet plans offered in your area and different ways you can analyze those plans to test whether they seem fair

I had the opportunity to speak with Bourgeois about her project, what she learned, and how others can use creative approaches to ask questions

In 2021, the policy change coincided with the highest number of livers discarded in nearly a decade—949. Experts said increased travel time contributed to this.

45 U.S. cities and found a quartet of major ISPs routinely charged customers the same price for vastly different internet speeds

The premise of this investigation, and the inequality it uncovered, rests on the reality that America is defined by widespread residential housing segregration

The Markup won multiple awards in the Society for News Design’s Best of News Design Creative Competition.

A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against the maker of family-tracking app Life360, alleging it sold users’ location data without permission.

I spoke to Hoang and about two dozen fellow community members to better understand what role Ohlala and other YouTubers play in their community.