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Exclusive: TikTok tackles filter bubbles

TikTok is adjusting its algorithm to avoid showing users the same types of videos too frequently. Why it matters: TikTok says the adjustments are being made to ensure it isn't inadvertently reinforcing viewpoints that could be bad for a person's wellbeing. Details: The company is testing ways to avoid recommending…
bubmag
December 16, 2021
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Bipartisan bill seeks to curb recommendation algorithms

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced legislation that would give people more control over the algorithms that shape their online experience. If passed, the Filter Bubble Transparency Act would require companies like Meta to offer a version of their platforms that runs on an "input-transparent" algorithm that doesn't…
bubmag
November 9, 2021
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Was Donald Trump Reinstated as President Today?

Friday was supposed to be a big day. “The morning of August 13 it’ll be the talk of the world,” Mike Lindell, the MyPillow impresario and purveyor of discredited conspiracy theories about a stolen presidential election, warned during a recent appearance on a conservative podcast. Lindell, who is being sued…
bubmag
August 13, 2021
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Occupy the Internet: 200 Media Experts Publish an Alarming Wake Up Call and Demand a Public Service Internet

Released today, the Public Service Media and Public Service Internet Manifesto says, “The Internet and the media landscape are broken. The dominant commercial Internet platforms endanger democracy. Despite all the great opportunities the Internet has offered to society and individuals, the digital giants have acquired unparalleled economic, political and cultural…
bubmag
June 17, 2021
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Josh Hawley and the GOP’s Fake War Against Big Tech

The books of Republican politicians might be described as political romances. Harboring fantasies of an electorate falling in love with them, they come bearing a dowry of policy prescriptions donated by right-wing think tanks. These books occupy a world of willful delusion, where, in 200 or so generously spaced pages,…
bubmag
May 4, 2021