Filter Bubble

A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday introduced a bill that would force large online platforms to be more transparent about how their algorithms find content to share. The Filter Bubble Transparency Act would require companies that collect data from mo…

More apps mean more competition for users and a greater-than-ever need for bold approaches to ensure ... app marketers reach their 2020 targets. Getty Brimming with apps and opportunity (over 6K new Android apps added daily to the Google Play app store…

There are more great articles, essays, and media content available on the web on any given subject than anyone could read in a lifetime. Theres also great new stuff added every day. Putting aside issues like information overload and the filter bubble for one …

We know from social psychology that spaces shape the behavior inside them. Thinking of social media platforms as spaces helps to both elucidate some of the common problems in today's tech platforms and suggest a potential roadmap for potential solutions. And …

We know from social psychology that spaces shape the behavior inside them. Thinking of social media platforms as spaces helps to both elucidate some of the common problems in today's tech platforms and suggest a potential roadmap for potential solutions. And …

LawBytes Podcast – Episode 29 was automatically transcribed by Sonix with the latest audio-to-text algorithms. This transcript may contain errors. Sonix is the best way to convert your audio to text in 2019. Michael Geist: This is Law Bytes, a podcast with …

This new and improved guide aims to be the most in-depth resource available (6,000+ words) on private search engines. Below we’ll take a close look at the best private search engines for 2019, as well as examining other aspects of private search and keeping y…

Twitter and other social media companies tout their ability to expose people to multiple points of view. But it frequently doesn't work that way, in large part to the tech companies' algorithms. Disliked by an unrepresentative majority on Twitter: US Preside…

If Mark Zuckerberg cant sway Congress, who can? Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill October 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somode…

Via Democracy Now -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying Wednesday on Capitol Hill as his companys actions face escalating criticism. The focus of todays House Financial Services Committee hearing is on Facebooks plan to launch a cryptocurrency called …