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
Challenging technology to serve the public good.
Angie Waller managed The Markup’s Citizen Browser project, our custom application that monitors what is being algorithmically broadcast to paid panels of Facebook users in the U.S. and Germany. Angie left The Markup in June 2022.
Before joining our team, she worked as a media producer and web developer at Data & Society, a research institute studying how technology impacts society. In 2020, she earned an MA in Computational Linguistics from The Graduate Center, CUNY, where she designed machine learning algorithms to classify and analyze online reviews and measure how interface design (like chili peppers) can lead to harm. She also holds an MFA from UCLA in New Genres.
Angie also publishes art books that expand on her research under the imprint Unknown Unknowns. The titles are distributed internationally, including at the Printed Matter and Vancouver Art Book fairs and at institutional libraries like the Whitney Museum and MoMA.
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 political groups
Citizen Browser
According to Citizen Browser data, the platform especially peppered Trump voters with political group recommendations
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
Page 3 of 3