In this session, we want to share why and how we built the Citizen Browser project at The Markup, a data-driven initiative built to crack social media algorithms and examine the hidden decisions companies make regarding what content to amplify to their users (For more information, please visit: https://themarkup.org/citizen-browser). After introducing the objectives and the design of the Citizen Browser, we will have an open-ended discussion about privacy protection, data collection and our reporting. We will close the session with the crowdsourcing of other ideas to keep interrogating the data and recommendations to replicate Citizen Browser projects in other places.
We will prepare to distribute the conversation depending on the number of participants.
We're hoping that many efforts and discussions will continue after Mozfest. Share any ideas you already have for how to continue the work from your session.:We also want to invite researchers, journalists and other organizations to use and replicate this initiative, we hope that with this session we can create a network to strengthen this and other initiatives centered on auditing AI.
What is the goal and/or outcome of your session?:We want to share out tool Citizen Browser, its challenges and how it is being used in journalism. We also want to invite researchers, journalists and other organizations to use and replicate this initiative.
Investigative Data Journalist at The Markup