How to Protect Your Kids Online When They’re Playing Video Games Post date October 26, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In child-safety-online, data-privacy, data-security, online-safety, online-safety-for-minors, online-safety-tips, the-markup, video-game-safety
TikTok Wrongfully Banned Her Account: How Decisions Like These Impact Creators Post date October 25, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In content-creators, social-media, social-media-ban, social-media-infleuncers, the-markup, tiktok, tiktok-ban, tiktok-content-creators
How Misinformation Impacts Immigrant Communities: Pitches and Ideas Post date October 12, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In disinformation, fake-news, fighting-misinformation, immigrant-communities, immigration, journalism, misinformation, the-markup
Native Americans Are Less Likely To Receive Liver Transplant Than Other Racial Groups Post date October 11, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In hackernoon-top-story, healthcare, liver-disease, liver-transplant-policy, native-american, racial-disparity, the-markup, us-healthcare-system
AI in the World of Ornithology: Using AI to Learn More About Birds Post date October 5, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In ai, ai-algorithms, ai-in-scientific-research, bird-migration, birdcast, hackernoon-top-story, ornithology, the-markup
Digital Discrimination: Los Angeles Becomes First City in the U.S. to Ban It Post date October 4, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In civil-rights, digital-discrimination, discrimination, human-rights, los-angeles-laws, the-markup, us-laws, what-is-digital-discrimination
Digital Discrimination: Los Angeles Becomes First City in the U.S. to Ban It Post date October 4, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In civil-rights, digital-discrimination, discrimination, human-rights, los-angeles-laws, the-markup, what-is-digital-discrimination
Email Security: What You Should and Shouldn’t Be Doing Post date October 3, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In data-privacy, email-safety, email-scams, email-security, email-security-tips, online-security, privacy, the-markup
Email Security: What You Should and Shouldn’t Be Doing Post date October 3, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In data-privacy, email-safety, email-scams, email-security, email-security-tips, online-security, privacy, the-markup
You Should Be Faking Your Security Answers Post date September 28, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In data-safety, online-safety, password-protection, password-security, personal-data, privacy, privacy-tips, the-markup
Don’t Be Overwhelmed by Digital Privacy – Easiy Digestible Tips to Stay Safe Post date September 27, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In cyber-security-awareness, cybersecurity-tips, data-privacy, data-safety, online-safety, privacy, privacy-tips, the-markup
Want to Stay Safe Online? Lie About Your Birthday Post date September 26, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In cyber-safety, fraud-protection, how-to-protect-yourself-online, privacy, privacy-tips, protect-your-privacy, the-markup, using-personal-info-online
How to Use Sound and AI to Protect the Environment Post date September 21, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In ai, ai-and-climate-change, ai-conservation, bourhan-yassin, environment-conservation, hackernoon-top-story, rainforest-connection, the-markup
Want to Know How to Handle the Growing Flood of Leaked Data? Here’s How Post date September 20, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In data, data-privacy, data-privacy-compliance, data-protection, investigative-journalism, leaked-data, privacy, the-markup
What It’s Like to Run a Public Records Audit With a Team of Students Post date September 7, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In freedom-of-information, hackernoon-top-story, journalism, markup-investigation, public-records-audit, ring-cameras, student-journalism, the-markup
You Can Use Screen Time To Protect Your iPhone From Thieves: Here’s How Post date September 6, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In iphone, iphone-security, iphone-tips-and-tricks, mobile-phone-security, phone-privacy, privacy, screen-time, the-markup
You Can Use Screen Time To Protect Your iPhone From Thieves: Here’s How Post date September 6, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In iphone, iphone-security, iphone-tips-and-tricks, mobile-phone-security, phone-privacy, privacy, screen-time, the-markup
The Markup Series “Still Loading” Wins First Place in the Philip Meyer Journalism Award Post date August 31, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In internet-discrimination, internet-journalism, internet-service-provider, journalism, journalism-award, philip-meyer-journalism-award, the-markup, the-markup-still-loading
An Inside Look at the Settlement Between X-Mode and the FTC Post date August 30, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In data, data-privacy, location-data, sensitive-da, the-markup, x-mode, x-mode-rebrand-outlogic, xmode-ftc-settlement
Here’s Why You Should Use Privacy Mode When You Browse the Web Post date August 29, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In incognito-mode, internet-privacy, online-privacy, practical-privacy-tips, privacy, private-browsing, the-markup, web-browser-privacy
If You’re a Facebook User, You’re Being Monitored by Thousands of Companies Post date August 24, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In data-analysis, data-privacy, facebook, facebook-privacy, hackernoon-top-story, online-privacy, social-media-data-privacy, the-markup
Here’s Why You Should Get a New Wireless Router Post date August 17, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In network-security, privacy, privacy-tipd, the-markup, wifi-router, wireless-router, wireless-security-protocol, wpa3-protocol
How Precise Are Plagiarism Detection Tools? Post date August 17, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In ai tools, ai-in-school, hackernoon-top-story, plagiarism-checker, plagiarism-detector, plagiarism-tools, plagiarism-wars, the-markup
Protect Yourself From Data Breaches: Why You Should Use a Password Manager Post date August 15, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In cybersecurity-tips, data-breach, data-safety, password-manager, password-security, privacy, privacy-tips, the-markup
Executives Tried To Secretly Create a New Federal Transplant Policy Post date July 30, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In health-and-human-services, liver-transplant-policy, the-markup, unos-transplant, us-healthcare-system, us-transplant-scheme, us-transplant-system, what-is-the-unos
Roleplaying With ChatGPT: A Deeper Look Post date July 27, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In ai-research, ai-roleplaying, ai-study, chatgpt, hackernoon-top-story, llms, roleplaying-with-chatgpt, the-markup
Accept the Software Update: Why It Can Ward Off Cybercriminals Post date July 26, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In cyber-safety, cyber-threats, cybercriminals, online-safety, software-updates, tech-tips, the-markup, Updates
How to Block Tracking and Ads Post date July 19, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In ad-blocking, brave-browser, browser, online-privacy, privacy, privacy-browsers, privacy-tips, the-markup
Here’s Why You Should Put a Privacy Protector on Your Screen Post date July 18, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In cellphone-privacy, cellphone-screen-privacy, privacy, privacy-protector, privacy-tools, shoulder-surfing, the-markup, visual-hacking
What Do Students Think of Wisconsin’s Dropout Algorithm? Post date July 13, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In algorithms, dropout-algorithm, dropout-early-warning-system, student-interviews, the-markup, wisconsin-dews, wisconsin-dropout-algorithm, wisconsin-public-schools
In This LA Neighborhood, Residents Are Turning to Doorbell Cameras Instead of Calling the Cops Post date July 13, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In doorbell-camera, hackernoon-top-story, neighborhood-watch, police, police-in-america, security-cameras, simplisafe, the-markup
How to Anonymize Your Phone Post date July 6, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In anonymity, encryption, off-the-grid, online-privacy, phone-anonymity, phone-privacy, privacy, the-markup
How to Stop Your TV From Watching You Post date July 5, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In hackernoon-top-story, privacy, roku-privacy, samsung-tv, smart-tv, smart-tv-privacy, the-markup, what-is-acr
These Algorithms Were Meant to Improve the Human Condition: They Failed Post date June 29, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In algorithm-failures, algorithms, firefighting-algorithm, government-algorithm, hackernoon-top-story, rand, the-markup, the-waterfall-effect
Be Aware of News Mirages Post date June 28, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In disinformation and fake news, fake-news, journalism, News, news-deserts, news-mirages, reliable-news, the-markup
The Black Rural South Has Limited Access to the Internet: What It’s Like Post date June 27, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In black-rural-south, home-internet, internet, internet-access, internet-journalism, lack-of-internet, the-markup, us-south
An Interview With Mina El Helbawi: Conflict and Connection Post date June 21, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In esim, esims-in-palestine, gaza, interview, israel-attack-on-palestine, mirna-el-helbawi, palestine, the-markup
This College Student Wanted Privacy – His College Couldn’t Give Him Any Post date June 21, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In college-data-collection, college-privacy, data-collection, hackernoon-top-story, online-privacy, personal-data, privacy, the-markup
This Vietnamese Grandmother Is Using YouTube to Fight Misinformation Post date June 15, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In bui-nhu-mai, fake-news, fight-fake-news, hackernoon-top-story, misinformation, the-markup, YouTube, youtubers
Facebook Is Watching and Tracking Kids As They Prep for College Post date June 13, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In college-prep, facebook, meta, meta-pixel, privacy, the-markup, third-party-tracking, tracking-tools
Fighting for Algorithmic Justice: The Struggle to Unmask AI Post date June 8, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In ai, algorithm, algorithmic-justice, hackernoon-top-story, joy-buolamwini, joy-buolamwini-interview, the-markup, unmasking-ai
eSIM Cards Are Connecting Palestinian Families: Here’s How Post date June 7, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In esims-in-palestine, gaza, israel, isreal-palestine-war, isreal-vs-palestine, palestine, palestine-blackouts, the-markup
Introducing Nightshade: A Tool Helping Artists to Fight Against AIÂ Post date June 6, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In ai, ai-image-generators, artists-vs-ai, fighting-against-ai, nightshade-tool, shawn-shan-interview, the-markup, what-is-nightshade
Investigating Ring’s Crime Alert System for Police Departments: How We Did It Post date May 10, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In data-privacy, data-sourcing, doorbell-camera, lapd, neighbors-app, ring-cameras, the-markup, us-police
The Best Way to Protect Your Packages and Your Ethics Post date May 10, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In camera-system, data-privacy, data-protection, doorbell-camera, neighbors-app, privacy, ring-cameras, the-markup
Assessing the Accuracy of Predictive Policing Software: Our Method Post date May 4, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In crime-analysis, geolitica, police, police-software, police-tech, predictive-policing, the-markup, us-police
It Turns Out That Predictive Policing Software Is Pretty Terrible At Predicting Crimes Post date May 3, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In crime-prediction-software, hackernoon-top-story, police-in-america, police-software, police-tech, predicting-software, predictivie-policing, the-markup
Nurses Are Being Hired Like Ubers Post date May 2, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In clipboard-app, clipboard-health, gig-service, healthcare, nurse-gig, nurse-gig-service, nurses, the-markup
FTC Send Warning to 5 Tax Prep Companies for Their Invasive Online Tracking Post date April 24, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In bureau-of-consumer-protection, data-privacy, ftc, privacy, tax-companies, tax-data, the-markup, tracking-pixels
A Look at How We Illustrate and Visualize Tech and AI: Plain Text Zine Post date April 19, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In accessibility, how-to-illustrate, how-to-illustrate-ai, illustration, journalism-accessibility, journalism-illustration, the-markup, web-accessibility
The Markup Wants to Investigate Companies Like Axon That Expand Their Reach With Public Dollars Post date April 19, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In axon, axon-drones, axon-taser-equipped-drones, corporate-journalism, journalism, military-drones, tech-companies, the-markup
The Markup and the Curious Case of the Tricky Timeout Bug Post date April 13, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In bug-fixing, bug-hunting, how-to-fix-timeout-bug, journalism-tools, the-markup, the-markup-blacklight, timeout-bug, timeout-error
The Markup Series, Still Loading, Wins the ONA’s Excellence in Technology Reporting Award Post date April 11, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In journalism, journalism-awards, ona-journalism-awards, online-news-association, still-loading-series, tech-journalism, the-markup, the-markup-internet-disparity
We Want to Know Your Experience With Multi-Level Marketing Companies and Tech Post date April 10, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In investigative-journalism, journalism, mlm, mlm-journalism, multi-level-marketing, multi-marketing-tech, pyramid-scheme, the-markup
A Guide on How to Legally Web Scrape EU Data Post date April 5, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In data-journalism, eu-data, eu-data-protection, eu-data-web-scraping, gdpr, hackernoon-top-story, the-markup, web-scraping
Pyramid Schemes, MLM Schemes, and the Tech That Runs Both Post date April 4, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In mlm-schemes, mlm-software, multi-level-marketing, ponzi-schemes, pyramid-scheme-software, pyramid-scheme-tech, pyramid-schemes, the-markup
International Students Were Wrongly Accused of Cheating Thanks to AI Detection Tools Post date April 3, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In ai-accusations, ai-detection-tools, ai-detector, ai-in-school, ai-writing, hackernoon-top-story, the-markup, turnitin
How to Make Custom Graphics Like an Award Winning Journalism Publication Post date March 30, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In custom-graphics, Graphic Design, graphic-design-tutorial, hackernoon-top-story, how-to-create-graphic-design, online-graphic-design, the-markup, the-markup-graphic-design
People Actually Read Privacy Policies – Then This Happened Next Post date March 30, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In privacy, privacy-policy, terms-of-service, the-markup, user-agreements, zoom-privacy-flaws, zoom-privacy-policy, zoom-scandal
Navigating Privacy Policies: A Guide to Cut Through the Fluff Post date March 27, 2025 Post author By The Markup Post categories In online-privacy, personal-privacy-online, privacy, privacy-policy, privacy-policy-guide, private-information, the-markup, website-policy