The Breakdown
Police Are Looking to Algorithms to Predict Domestic Violence
But will they be effective or reinforce bias-based practices?
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.
Citizen Browser
Facebook Promised to Remove “Sensitive” Ads. Here’s What It Left Behind
Facebook pledged to remove race, health conditions, and political affiliation from ad-targeting options, but The Markup found advertisers can still easily target the same people
Pixel Hunt
Lawmakers Question Education Department About Facebook Student Aid Tracking After Markup Investigation
Two Republican lawmakers said the department “has failed to protect the privacy of individuals seeking to further their education”
Pixel Hunt
Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You
The FAFSA form included code that sent personal information back to Facebook
Citizen Browser
Facebook Scammers Are Shilling Fake Cryptocurrency Using Big Tech’s Biggest Names
Facebook ads have popped up to advertise nonexistent Amazon, Tesla, and even Facebook cryptocurrencies
Machine Learning
A Network of Fake Test Answer Sites Is Trying to Incriminate Students
But some experts say such “honeypots” are educational entrapment
Pixel Hunt
Help Us Investigate Facebook Pixel Tracking
The full extent of how Facebook tracks people on the web is not understood—but you can help uncover what data the tech giant is gathering about you
Citizen Browser
One Year After the Capitol Riot, Americans Still See Two Very Different Facebooks
Data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser shows the platform’s partisan divide continues
Privacy
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
Citizen Browser
Germany’s Far-Right Political Party, the AfD, Is Dominating Facebook This Election
Ahead of a national vote this month, Citizen Browser data shows that posts promoting the AfD party appeared more than three times as often as rivals'
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