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Lawmaker Questions Facebook on Broken Election-Related Promise
Following an investigation by The Markup, Sen. Ed Markey is asking for answers on why Facebook failed to stop recommending political groups
Corin Faife
Data Reporter
Corin Faife was the first data reporter on the Citizen Browser team. He left The Markup in November 2021.
Corin has worked as a reporter covering technology news in London, Montreal and New York. Before joining The Markup, he was a journalist and researcher at WITNESS, where he coordinated responses to deepfakes, synthetic media and disinformation in support of the needs of journalists and human rights defenders around the world.
His work has appeared in The Guardian, BuzzFeed, Vice, Gizmodo, CityLab, Ars Technica, and more. He has also provided citizen journalism training for marginalized groups in the U.K. and in multiple African countries.
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Facebook Said It Would Stop Pushing Users to Join Partisan Political Groups. It Didn’t
According to Citizen Browser data, the platform especially peppered Trump voters with political group recommendations
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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
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How We Built a Facebook Inspector
The Citizen Browser project seeks to illuminate the content Facebook elevates in its users’ feeds
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In Georgia, Facebook’s Changes Brought Back a Partisan News Feed
Ahead of crucial senate runoffs, Facebook reversed its political ad ban, and the impact was visible on users’ feeds
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