Leon Yin

investigative data journalist @technology
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[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

NEW INVESTIGATION:
Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of work to game a NYC minimum wage law. We crowdsourced screenshots, monitored surge pricing and ran financial models to reveal the devastating impact on drivers. w/ @natlungfy @A_W_Gordon @DeniseDSLu
https://t.co/W1hI5besZy

[Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta]

Our year-long investigation into Stake's advertising empire uncovered influencers' higher win rates and the house money they gamble with. Those wins get clipped and scattered across the internet, showcasing an impossible fantasy

It's also today's @business Big Take

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

@nigeleccles @suryamattu The average win rate is 1 per 10K spins, and the deviation is about +/- 1. So being beyond that is outlier territory. Also we looked at how frequently big wins of higher magnitudes occur.

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

NEW @BW feature on Stake: the world's largest crypto casino. Our year-long piece dives into Stake employing superstar influencers such as Drake and Adin Ross to livestream gambling.
By @cecianasta, @oliviasolon and myself. https://t.co/jRGPIOu8OB

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

@SuperDegen @cecianasta @oliviasolon You can read our methodology here (no paywall for 7 days) https://t.co/SDq9VlqMs5

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

@suryamattu Watch the short documentary about Stake's use of influencers to promote gambling on the casino:
https://t.co/UjZGKKJdfH

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

@suryamattu To do this we needed to audit each streamer's gameplay. We used an LLM to capture balance, bet and game played every 4s of stream. We manually verified each streamer's balance over time and calculated their spins to wins. Read more in our methodology: https://t.co/SDq9VlqMs5

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

@IRE_NICAR Please have these at NICAR!

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

Read our methodology and see our data on Github
Massive effort by @daveyalba @ashleyrcarman @byJuliaLove @acookiecrumbles @rachaeldottle @elena___mejia @YueQiu_ @sarahfrier
https://t.co/u5UIGyCR9W
https://t.co/FR10O5XoRx

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

Bloomberg reviewed +1K hours of YouTube vids from 9 popular streamers and podcasters who cater to American men. We analyzed 2 yrs of guests and transcripts to see how they discussed political topics and understand their role as a new mainstream info hub https://t.co/RXRZHdh3iJ

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

Hosts don’t style themselves as political-- guests are primarily comedians, influencers, athletes, musicians, but they booked more politicians and pundits b4 the election and these guests disproportionately get the most views (30% of top 30) despite being 1/8 of 900+ guests.

[Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro]

For years, a teenager terrorized the US with a chilling weapon: his voice. His swatting calls sent armed police racing to hundreds of schools, fearing they were about to face a mass shooter

This is the story of the private investigator who took him down

https://t.co/MQnHSo8nTJ

[Tech Transparency Project @TTP_updates]

Journalists covering extremist movements should be aware of how these groups strategically use & manipulate media coverage, @wphillips49 writes for @datasociety. Read more (including recommendations for countering these movements) here: https://t.co/61XQNkteDd

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

@ZackNewsMan @jackiedavalos1 baby's first FOIA!

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

AI-detectors seem near-perfect on paper, yet falsely flag students with high confidence. We FOIA'd anonymized college applications essays to independently test popular tools. @jackiedavalos1 spoke with students and teachers about education in the AI-era.
https://t.co/q9evUsn4nY

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

ICYMI: read Bloomberg's recent data-driven investigation into Uber and Lyft's driver lockouts in NYC. An unprecedented labor practice according to labor economists.
https://t.co/Kr8eU5cwxW

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

NEW INVESTIGATION:
Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of work to game a NYC minimum wage law. We crowdsourced screenshots, monitored surge pricing and ran financial models to reveal the devastating impact on drivers. w/ @natlungfy @A_W_Gordon @DeniseDSLu
https://t.co/W1hI5besZy

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

Here's a new gift link: https://t.co/Kr8eU5cwxW

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

NEW INVESTIGATION:
Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of work to game a NYC minimum wage law. We crowdsourced screenshots, monitored surge pricing and ran financial models to reveal the devastating impact on drivers. w/ @natlungfy @A_W_Gordon @DeniseDSLu
https://t.co/W1hI5besZy

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

Watch the mini-doc of this investigation on YouTube
https://t.co/H0FDdghcgb

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

BONUS: @adrjeffries and @A_W_Gordon produced a short documentary based on our reporting on driver lockouts in NYC. Great to see drivers featured who spoke with @natlungfy for the piece, and to be reunited with my reporting partner. Watch here: https://t.co/hMqidq521M

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

@jackiedavalos1 Edited by @sfiegerman with graphics by @DeniseDSLu. (Published while I was away, posting now!)

[Leon Yin @LeonYin]

BONUS: @adrjeffries and @A_W_Gordon produced a short documentary based on our reporting on driver lockouts in NYC. Great to see drivers featured who spoke with @natlungfy for the piece, and to be reunited with my reporting partner. Watch here: https://t.co/hMqidq521M