Back in January I started working on a web-based application to help teachers and others make fact-checking infographics as part of a Misinformation Solutions Forum prize from RTI International and Rita Allen. I got it to work, but as we tried to scale it out we found it had Security concerns (too much potential for… Continue reading

One of the problems with microtargeted ads, and a way I’ve been thinking about them recently, is they resemble the tranched subprime mortgages that brought about the financial crash. Others have talked about this in the context of the digital ad market as a whole. The allure of digital ads was that you would finally… Continue reading