Bruce Etling

Data Scientist at Mozilla Rally. Formerly Berkman Klein Harvard, Graphika, Oxford Internet Institute.

[Bruce Etling @bretling]

@firefox has this amazing video series! check out latest: https://t.co/ClyXYrkAhV

[The Markup @themarkup]

UPDATE: After initially denying that the FAFSA site was sending applicants’ data to Facebook, the U.S. Department of Education just followed up with a new statement.

[Bruce Etling @bretling]

@themarkup I think this just shows they don't know what data they are actually sending to Facebook. And how in the world do they know FB didn't use the data to improve their ad targeting? That process is likely totally automated.

[Jonathan Mayer @jonathanmayer]

This is why reusable research infrastructure, like @MozillaRally, is so important for platform accountability. Facebook won’t say where it collects personal data online. @themarkup found out with just a couple hundred lines of code. (I counted.) https://t.co/SBbFBs9A0O

[Bruce Etling @bretling]

So excited to be partnering with @suryamattu and his colleagues at the @themarkup on this facebook research. I've learned so much already and there is much more to come! Join a study @MozillaRally and help us fight back against big tech: https://t.co/2yXFRy7244

[The Markup @themarkup]

We uncovered Meta’s pixel on the FAFSA site as part of a crowdsourced study in partnership with @MozillaRally.

To get an idea of how we built this panel and keep participants’ data private, dig into our methodology.

Then, consider joining yourself. https://t.co/X4FEqlOO3w

[The Markup @themarkup]

NEW: Code on the FAFSA website sent financial aid applicants’ personal data to Facebook.

The U.S. Department of Education turned off the feature following our questioning, but the data that was shared remains in Facebook’s hands. https://t.co/rF0tRAIQg3

[Surya Mattu @suryamattu]

Hard endorse this. @MozillaRally got us responsible access to data we would never have been able to collect in an automated way.
https://t.co/S0cm7syEsq

[Bruce Etling @bretling]

@NateSilver538 @FiveThirtyEight Does your House model account for ranked choice voting in Maine, especially for ME-2 race?

[Bruce Etling @bretling]

Nice use of #mediacloud. Health Care Debate: A Really Big Story, Except When It Isn’t, via @nytimes https://t.co/KAuy6pCOQf

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Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say, via @nytimes https://t.co/BAX0UcFGrQ

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Did Moderates Help Elect Trump?, via @nytimes https://t.co/8xeAXnrEKC

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Social Media’s Globe-Shaking Power, via @nytimes https://t.co/1zbby4k80l

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Donald Trump’s Extremist Supporters Feel Like Winners Either Way, via @nytimes https://t.co/29GFVWh7Wi

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The Election Polls That Matter, via @nytimes https://t.co/kTu2TUpnFp

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Why Republicans Don’t Even Try to Win Cities Anymore, via @nytimes https://t.co/4X4lGfBY45

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How White Nationalists Learned To Love Donald Trump - POLITICO https://t.co/fWrvkWzq6b

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Voters Increasingly Turning to Internet for Information, Survey Shows, via @nytimes https://t.co/PDCuwLDDSq

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Donald Trump and the Breitbart election - CNN https://t.co/tor0K9yVVb

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Real-Time Election Day Projections May Upend News Tradition, via @nytimes https://t.co/PyphHjHJuI