Getting Our Feeds In Order - a podcast by IVM Podcasts

from 2021-11-16T00:35:17

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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers in the US has introduced a bill that would require online platforms to let users opt-out of having personal data-driven algorithms select the content they see. The move could spell a significant change in how our news feeds are shaped. Rohan Seth talks to Prateek Waghre to discuss the fine print.

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Suggested readings:

  1. Twitter's Study on political content amplification

  2. Research on Twitter's Home and Chronological feeds

  3. Facebook's experiment with reverse-chronological feeds

  4. Filter Bubble Transparency Act

  5. Gizmodo article on the Filter Bubble Transparency Act

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