Citizen Browser
How Big Pharma Finds Sick Users on Facebook
We found drug ads targeted at users interested in everything from bourbon to therapy
Colin Lecher
Reporter
Colin Lecher is an enterprise reporter based in New York with a focus on children and families. He’s passionate about the ways governments and businesses use technology to make crucial decisions, and the ways those decisions sometimes fall short.
Before joining The Markup, he was a senior reporter with The Verge. There, he reported on issues like automated cuts to healthcare, access to phone services in prisons, and the online gun market.
Coronavirus
We Ran Tests on Every State’s COVID-19 Vaccine Website
The results, measuring accessibility and privacy protections, were not always great
Citizen Browser
Trump’s False Posts Were Treated with Kid Gloves by Facebook
Data from Citizen Browser shows how rare it is for a post to be called “false”—especially if you’re the president
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
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
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
Coronavirus
Kids Are “Failing” Online Learning
Grades are in free fall, especially among disadvantaged students, who are already struggling the most
Election 2020
How Tech Companies’ Election Promises Have Held Up
Results are mixed
Election 2020
Where You Live in the United States Could Radically Change How You Vote
The U.S. has made progress in election security—but not everywhere
Election 2020
Voter Registration Websites Are Crashing, Locking Out Would-Be Voters
The pandemic may have made the situation even worse
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