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Facebook Isn’t Telling You How Popular Right-Wing Content Is on the Platform
Facebook insists that mainstream news sites perform the best on its platform. But by other measures, sensationalist, partisan content reigns
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How We Investigated Facebook’s Most Popular Content
We found that Facebook's popularity metric obscures how well ultra-conservative content does on the platform
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Dozens of Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Victims of Reported Carjackings in Minneapolis This Fall
Over the past two-and-a-half months, there have been nearly 50 reported carjackings of ride-hail drivers, who say the companies have done little to warn of the threat
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Federal Agency Recommends Changes in Tenant Screening, Citing Investigation by The Markup
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau advised screening agencies to stop error-prone practice
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Thousands of Geofence Warrants Appear to Be Missing from a California DOJ Transparency Database
California requires law enforcement to report the controversial warrants to a state database—but The Markup found massive discrepancies in how they’re reported
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Leaked Facebook Documents Reveal How Company Failed on Election Promise
CEO Mark Zuckerberg had repeatedly promised to stop recommending political groups to users to squelch the spread of misinformation
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How Big Tech Is Pitching Digital Elder Care to Families
Spurred by the pandemic, Google, Amazon, and Apple are all offering tools for monitoring older adults, raising privacy concerns
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Senator Calls for Review of Powerful Tenant Screening Industry
The move comes after a Markup and New York Times series revealed screening agencies relying on faulty information to deny people homes
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Markup Investigation Cited by Officials in Announcing New Mortgage Discrimination Enforcement
The multi-agency effort will target redlining—including digital redlining through black-box algorithms
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Nonprofit Websites Are Riddled With Ad Trackers
Such organizations often deal in sensitive issues, like mental health, addiction, and reproductive rights—and many are feeding data about website visitors to corporations
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