Coronavirus
Want to Find a Misinformed Public? Facebook's Already Done It
While vowing to police COVID-19 misinformation on its platform, Facebook let advertisers target users interested in “pseudoscience”
Aaron Sankin
Investigative Reporter
Aaron Sankin was an investigative reporter at The Markup until August 2024.
Aaron Sankin reports on the intersection of technology and inequality. While at The Markup, he focused on issues ranging from the digital divide and social media platform governance to law enforcement technology and car insurance regulation.
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. Before that, he was a senior staff writer at the Daily Dot and a founding editor of the Huffington Post’s San Francisco vertical.
Aaron’s reporting has won various journalism awards, such as the Edward R. Murrow Award, the National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award, the Sigma Award, and the SABEW Association for Business Journalists Award. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Motley Fool, and Gizmodo.
Aaron uses he/him pronouns.
The Breakdown
Can I Opt Out of Facial Scans at the Airport?
Technically, yes, but it is not always easy
Show Your WorkAllstate’s Algorithm
How We Analyzed Allstate’s Car Insurance Algorithm
By parsing a rare document containing fine details of the company’s auto insurance pricing, we found stark differences in how high proposed price hikes were allowed to rise
Allstate’s Algorithm
Suckers List: How Allstate's Secret Auto Insurance Algorithm Squeezes Big Spenders
Insurers are supposed to price based on risk, but Allstate’s algorithm put a thumb on the scale
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