The Markup’s investigations have shown how a predictive policing algorithm was both discriminatory and inaccurate By: Aaron Sankin A group of seven Democratic members of Congress has issued a public letter demanding the Department of Justice stop issuing grants to fund predictive policing projects, unless the agency “can ensure that grant recipients will not use…
Category: Surveillance
British lawmakers question legality of live facial recognition technology
Alexander Martin reports: Members of the House of Lords have written to the United Kingdom’s home secretary warning that the use of live facial recognition technology by police lacks a legal basis, and calling for legislation on the matter to be voted on by Parliament. Live facial recognition (LFR) software, which works by comparing the…
Impact How Abortion Ruling Spurred Federal Action Against the Location Data Industry
Nearly a quarter of the 47 location data companies we identified in 2021 have faced Congressional scrutiny or regulatory enforcement actions By: Jon Keegan In 2021, The Markup identified and began reporting on 47 companies in the multi-billion-dollar industry that trades location data from mobile devices. Since then, 11 of the 47 companies on our…
Phones Track Everything but Their Role in Car Wrecks
The headline really got my attention. Matt Richtel reports for the New York Times: Cellphones can track what we say and write, where we go, what we buy and what we search on the internet. But they still aren’t being used to track one of the biggest public health threats: crashes caused by drivers distracted…