Citizen Browser
Facebook Got Rid of Racial Ad Categories. Or Did It?
Our Citizen Browser project found an array of proxies through which advertisers can target Black Facebook users, among other demographics
Rina Palta
News Editor
Rina Palta was our news editor, leading The Markup’s team of enterprise reporters. She left in June 2022. Her focus is on illuminating the ways big systems forget to care about the people they depend on and serve.
Before coming to The Markup, Rina was an investigative reporter for KPCC, the NPR station in Los Angeles, and KALW in San Francisco. She’s reported extensively on California’s homelessness crisis, law enforcement agencies, and prisons and jails.
Citizen Browser
After Repeatedly Promising Not to, Facebook Keeps Recommending Political Groups to Its Users
The company announced the policy as a way to stop spreading divisive content
Machine Learning
NYC’s School Algorithms Cement Segregation. This Data Shows How
New numbers show how many students are locked out by the system
Show Your Work
How We Investigated NYC High School Admissions
New York City schools’ extensive use of screens to choose students is cementing segregation
Citizen Browser
Facebook Said It Would Stop Recommending Anti-Vaccine Groups. It Didn’t
As COVID-19 surged, the social media company pointed users to all sorts of anti-vaccine and anti-mask groups
Citizen Browser
How Big Pharma Finds Sick Users on Facebook
We found drug ads targeted at users interested in everything from bourbon to therapy
Citizen Browser
Credit Card Ads Were Targeted by Age, Violating Facebook’s Anti-Discrimination Policy
Such ads, along with other age-targeted financial product ads, may violate civil rights laws, attorneys say
Citizen Browser
Official Information About COVID-19 Is Reaching Fewer Black People on Facebook
According to data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser project, there are major disparities in who is shown public health information about the pandemic
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
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
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