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Last updated 7 days ago

The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no.

7 days ago

Dark patterns force patients to share their data with big healthcare networks...

It’s easier for Californians to escape data brokers following a Markup investigation

12 days ago

The Markup and CalMatters showed how website code could make it harder...

Websites break California privacy law at ‘industrial scale,’ survey finds

about 1 month ago

Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft are ignoring data controls mandated...

Criminal background checks to curb dating app violence advance in California legislature

about 2 months ago

The legislation addresses an issue investigated by The Markup last year Lauren...

The Markup wins SABEW Award for Best in Business Journalism

2 months ago

The 18-month-long investigation about how Tinder, Hinge, and their corporate owner kept...

It was John Wayne’s political club. Now it’s spending millions on online influence

3 months ago

The Lincoln Media Foundation has spent big to push ‘local’ conservative messaging...

California colleges spend millions on faulty AI systems: 'The chatbot is outdated’

3 months ago

Community colleges are spending millions on AI-powered chatbots that students say often...

He saw an abandoned trailer. Then, he uncovered a surveillance network on California's border

3 months ago

Southern California residents are noticing new license plate readers that appear to...

Following Markup investigation, Congress finds data brokers cost consumers tens of billions of dollars

3 months ago

A congressional investigation estimates broker breaches have cost consumers $20 billion in...

California tried to protect students’ data. Tech companies found loopholes

3 months ago

A legislative battle is under way over gaps that allow companies to...

Blacklight, our privacy inspector tool, now tracks X and TikTok pixels

4 months ago

We’ve updated Blacklight, our popular privacy tool, to check for TikTok and...

Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot we caught telling businesses to break the law

4 months ago

New York mayor says terminating the ‘unusable’ bot will help close a...