California and other states have pushed to expand prison education, but they continue to limit inmates’ access to the internet and other technology ...

A proposed bill would bar companies from using data like a phone’s battery life, what apps are installed and where its user is to set prices.

Director of Sociotechnical ResearchAlex Rosenbat is the Director of Sociotechnical Research at CalMatters and The Markup, where she studies dark patterns, privacy and product design in U.S. healthcare ...

After reporters found dozens of firms hiding privacy tools from search results, US senator Maggie Hassan insists the companies explain their practices—and pledge to improve access to privacy controls ...

The Markup and CalMatters found multiple ways consumers can block the trackers quietly sending your data to tech companies, including those used on state-run health exchange websites. The state’s ...

The Markup and CalMatters found multiple ways consumers can block the trackers quietly sending your data to tech companies, including those used on state-run health exchange websites. The state’s ...

Working for an Algorithm California Companies Wrote Their Own Gig Worker Law. Now No One Is Enforcing It Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers. But when companies fail ...

Copy EditorCopy Editor Emerson Malone is a copy editor and writer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Northern California, he studied journalism at the University of Oregon. Before The Markup, he ...

Before The Markup, he covered online extremism for the Center for Investigative Reporting, where he launched the Hate Report newsletter and co-created the Hate Sleuths citizen journalism initiative.

Visualizations EngineerVisualizations Engineer Joel Eastwood is a visualizations engineer who transforms data into compelling graphics and interactive websites.

The Markup’s investigative series on vast internet disparities in the United States, “ Still Loading,” has won first place in the Philip Meyer Journalism Award, which recognizes the best uses of ...

Visualizations Engineer Joel Eastwood is a visualizations engineer who transforms data into compelling graphics and interactive websites.