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The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval algorithms

This story was reported by The Markup, a nonprofit newsroom investigating the effects of technology on society. The new four-bedroom house in Charlotte, N.C., was Crystal Marie and Eskias McDaniels’s personal American dream, the reason they had moved to this Southern town from pricey Los Angeles a few years ago. A lush, long lawn, 2,700 square […]

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