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Snapshots from the Facebook feeds of our Citizen Browser panelists illuminate how Facebook’s recommendation algorithm siloes information on the platform. See how we built this tool.

According to data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser project, there are major disparities in who is shown public health information about the pandemic

Jeff Kosseff wrote the book on Section 230, the law that gave us the internet we have today. He talks with ProPublica Editor-in-Chief Stephen Engelberg about how we got here and how we should regulate our way out.

Lawmaker Questions Facebook on Broken Election-Related Promise - Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is demanding answers from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after The Markup published evidence last week that Facebook failed in its promise to stop recommending political groups to users during the presidential election and transfer of power. 

Analysis of Facebook data feeds found that coverage of the riots that rocked the country's Capitol last week differed greatly between Biden vs Trump supporters.