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How We Investigated NYC High School Admissions
New York City schools’ extensive use of screens to choose students is cementing segregation
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Show Your WorkGoogle the Giant
How We Discovered Google’s Social Justice Blocklist for YouTube Ad Placements
Despite committing to dismantling systemic racism, YouTube blocks advertisers from using many racial justice and cultural identity terms to target videos for ads
Show Your WorkGoogle the Giant
How We Discovered Google’s Hate Blocklist for Ad Placements on YouTube
We got under the hood of Google Ads and found poorly executed limitations meant to hide hate YouTube videos and channels from advertisers
Show Your WorkCitizen Browser
How We Built a Facebook Feed Viewer
Split Screen invites readers to explore how different people experience Facebook
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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
Show Your WorkElection 2020
How We Analyzed the Cost of Trump’s and Biden’s Campaign Ads on Facebook
And found the company has been charging Biden more for his ads.
Show Your WorkBlacklight
How We Built a Real-time Privacy Inspector
Blacklight catalogs the many ways any website tracks visitors: from cookies to capturing every user keystroke and mouse movement
Show Your WorkGoogle the Giant
How We Analyzed Google’s Search Results
Novel categorizations and “staining” techniques uncovered how much space on the search results page Google dedicates to itself
Show Your WorkBanned Bounty
How We Investigated Banned Items on Amazon.com
It wasn’t that hard; Amazon’s own search and recommendation tools led the way
Show Your WorkLocked Out
How We Investigated the Tenant Screening Industry
Public records, interviews, and months of searching and reading court records helped us uncover how automated screenings come up short
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