Google the Giant
Swinging the Vote?
Google’s black box algorithm controls which political emails land in your main inbox. For 2020 presidential candidates, the differences are stark.
Adrianne Jeffries
Investigative Reporter
Adrianne Jeffries worked with The Markup data journalism team to discover and tell stories about inequality, examine the power platforms exert, and explore the consequences of automating decisions. She left in October 2021.
Before joining The Markup, she worked as a reporter for The Verge, as managing editor at Motherboard, and as an editor and reporter at The Outline. She started writing about tech a decade ago as a reporter for what was then called ReadWriteWeb, and has also freelanced for The New York Times, Businessweek, and Zero Point Zero Production.
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