Ko Bragg

Investigative Editor

Ko Bragg is a writer and editor based in and focused on the U.S. South—Mississippi in particular. Before The Markup, she was the Race & Place Editor at Scalawag, where she launched Pop Justice, a newsletter on how popular culture warps our understanding of policing and justice. Prior to that, she was a general assignment reporter at The 19th.

You can find her work in The Atlantic, “Frontline,” Harper’s Bazaar, Columbia Journalism Review, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, and more.

ko.bragg@themarkup.org @keaux_

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LevelUp

Without a Trace: How to Take Your Phone Off the Grid

A guide on anonymizing your phone, so you can use it without it using you

October 25, 2023 08:00 ET

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Neighborhood Watch

Accidental Spies: Amazon Ring Owners May Be Unknowingly Emailing Police

An investigation by The Markup found that Ring’s social platform funnels suspicions from residents in Whiter and wealthier areas of Los Angeles directly to police

October 11, 2023 08:00 ET

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Neighborhood Watch

How to Protect Your Packages—And Your Ethics

We investigated Ring for months. Here are the best privacy options for prospective and existing customers

October 11, 2023 08:00 ET

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Show Your WorkNeighborhood Watch

How We Investigated Ring’s Crime Alert System for Police Departments

In Los Angeles, residents in Whiter and wealthier areas post more often on Neighbors, but do not report a higher crime rate

October 11, 2023 08:00 ET

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Neighborhood Watch

Amazon’s ‘Neighborhood Watch’ Might Be Turning Police Officers Into ‘Reddit Moderators’

Over 18 months, one LAPD officer received more than 10,000 emails from the social platform affiliated with Amazon’s Ring

October 11, 2023 08:00 ET

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Working for an Algorithm

What Happens When Nurses Are Hired Like Ubers

“You basically just hope that nothing goes wrong,” a nurse said about a shift with the app Clipboard

October 5, 2023 08:00 ET

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Hello World

Dropout Risk System Under Scrutiny After The Markup Report

The Center for Democracy & Technology makes a case for civil rights protections

September 23, 2023 08:00 ET

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Hello World

Private Companies Like Axon Expand Their Reach With Public Dollars. We Want to Look Into That

Ese Olumhense, a new reporter at The Markup, outlines her vision for investigating the ways governments acquire and use emerging technology

September 9, 2023 08:00 ET

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Axon’s Ethics Board Resigned Over Taser-Armed Drones. Then the Company Bought a Military Drone Maker

The CEO's vision for Taser-equipped drones includes a fictitious scenario in which the technology averts a shooting at a daycare center

September 8, 2023 13:44 ET

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News

Pyramid Schemes Are Illegal. MLMs Are Not. What About the Tech That Powers Them?

Multi-level marketing companies have captured the public’s attention in recent years. Behind them is a little-known industry of software providers

August 24, 2023 08:00 ET

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