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The Verge updates its policy for tech PR people speaking “on background,” noting the practice can be “hilariously stupid”

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.”