Citizen Browser
Biden and Trump Voters Were Exposed to Radically Different Coverage of the Capitol Riot on Facebook
Data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser project shows the different realities Americans inhabited on Facebook last week
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Locked Out
The Obscure Yet Powerful Tenant-Screening Industry Is Finally Getting Some Scrutiny
Reforms have been in the works for years, but a looming eviction crisis has made them urgent
Show Your WorkCitizen Browser
How We Built a FacebookInspector
The Citizen Browser project seeks to illuminate the content Facebook elevates in its users’ feeds
Citizen Browser
In Georgia, Facebook’s Changes Brought Back a Partisan News Feed
Ahead of crucial senate runoffs, Facebook reversed its political ad ban, and the impact was visible on users’ feeds
2020 in Review
Facebook Had an Anxiety-Producing2020
Despite financial success, the company was plagued by content moderation struggles, internal dissent, and regulatorythreats
2020 in Review
Amazon’s 2020 Was a Banner Year for Profits—and for Criticism
Even as it made massive gains, the company’s practices were closelyscrutinized
2020 in Review
Big Tech’s Year of Big PoliticalSpending
As politicians and regulators turned their attention to Silicon Valley, tech companies went on the offensive
2020 in Review
Videoconferencing Took Off During the Pandemic, but 2020 Was Hardly a Zoomtopia
It should have been a perfect year for Zoom, but the company was plagued by privacy mishaps
2020 in Review
Google’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Yet Still Extremely Profitable 2020
Alphabet ran a gantlet of regulatory threats as the pandemic diminished, and then boosted,profits
2020 in Review
Algorithms Behaving Badly: 2020 Edition
Computers are being asked to make more and more weighty decisions, even as their performance reviews are troubling
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