
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
Big Tech Is Watching You. We’re Watching Big Tech.
An engineer by training, Surya builds tools and gathers data to tell stories about how algorithmic systems perpetuate systemic biases and inequalities in society.
Before The Markup, Surya was the data reporter at Gizmodo’s Special Projects Desk and a contributing researcher at ProPublica. He has also worked as a researcher at Bell Labs, Data & Society, and the MIT Media Lab.
At ProPublica, he was part of the team that was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting for the series “Machine Bias.” At Gizmodo, “The House that Spied on Me” won the National Press Foundation’s Technology in Journalism award and was also made into a TED talk.
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Citizen Browser
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
Data from Citizen Browser shows how rare it is for a post to be called “false”—especially if you’re the president
Citizen Browser
Following an investigation by The Markup, Sen. Ed Markey is asking for answers on why Facebook failed to stop recommending politicalgroups
Citizen Browser
According to Citizen Browser data, the platform especially peppered Trump voters with political grouprecommendations
Citizen Browser
Data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser project shows the different realities Americans inhabited on Facebook last week
Show Your WorkCitizen Browser
The Citizen Browser project seeks to illuminate the content Facebook elevates in its users’ feeds
Citizen Browser
Ahead of crucial senate runoffs, Facebook reversed its political ad ban, and the impact was visible on users’ feeds
Ask The MarkupBlacklight
Ain't no tracking like first-party tracking ’cause first-party tracking don’t stop
Show Your WorkBlacklight
Blacklight catalogs the many ways any website tracks visitors: from cookies to capturing every user keystroke and mouse movement
Blacklight
Trackers piggybacking on website tools leave some site operators in the dark about who is watching or what marketers do with the data
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