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    Articles tagged the markup (7)

    Joshua BentonOctober 19, 2020
    Is Facebook too big to know? The Markup has a plan (and a browser) to wrap its arms around it
    The Citizen Browser Project will pay 1,200 Americans to let The Markup monitor the choices that tech company algorithms are making for them. “What are they choosing to amplify? And what are they choosing not to amplify?”
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    Sarah ScireFebruary 25, 2020
    “Big tech is watching you. Who’s watching big tech?” The Markup is finally ready for liftoff
    After a false start, the unconventional team of algorithm investigators is ready to dive deep. “I’ve heard that we are tying our hands behind our backs, but there must be a way to engage an audience without subjecting readers to a surveillance ecosystem.”
    Laura Hazard OwenAugust 6, 2019
    The Markup is back, with Julia Angwin reinstated as editor-in-chief, a new leadership team, and the same reporters
    Angwin is part of a new leadership team: Nabiha Syed, formerly associate general counsel at BuzzFeed, will be president, and Evelyn Larrubia, who was executive editor of Marketplace, will be managing editor.
    Laura Hazard OwenApril 25, 2019
    Support for Julia Angwin grows as funders investigate the “coup” at The Markup
    After her ouster as editor-in-chief, multiple funders say they are taking steps to “reassess” their support.
    Laura Hazard OwenApril 23, 2019
    Months from launch, The Markup abruptly fired cofounder Julia Angwin, setting off an editorial exodus
    The majority of the site’s editorial staff resigned this morning, and the future of a much-anticipated watchdog for technology companies is very much in doubt.
    Christine SchmidtSeptember 24, 2018
    Watch out, algorithms: Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson unveil The Markup, their plan for investigating tech’s societal impacts
    “Journalists in every field need to have more skills to investigate those types of decision-making that are embedded in technology.”
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