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A ex-cop found guilty of multiple counts related to the Capitol riot said he was 'drinking too much' and reading articles fed to him by the Facebook algorithm
In a letter written ahead of his sentencing, Capitol rioter Thomas Robertson told the judge he was …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Facebook's job advert targeting algorithm appears to discriminate on gender and age, a nonprofit campaign group has said.
96% of Facebook users shown a job ad for mechanics were men, and 95% shown an ad for nurse jobs wer…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Activists and healthcare professionals are trying to stomp out anti-vaxx info online - but social media algorithms are working against them
Algorithms are 'separating audiences' as moderators deal with disinformation, unsafe medical practi…
Francis Agustin
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A professor was murdered after a Facebook post branded him a traitor. Was Facebook complicit in his death?
Facebook's "trusted partners" in Ethiopia say the platform was slow to reply to urgent hate speech …
Tekendra Parmar
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House lawmakers want to force Meta and other social media companies to let their users turn off engagement-hungry algorithms, report says
The bill introduced by House lawmakers would force social media companies to offer an "unmanipulate…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Want to prevent a civil war? Regulate social media algorithms, says an expert on political violence
Barbara F. Walter, a political scientist and expert on civil wars, said the "single easiest" way to…
Charles R. Davis
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Facebook is making a major change that makes it easier for you to escape the algorithm-based News Feed
Facebook will allow users to make major changes to how its News Feed works in an upcoming update, t…
Ben Gilbert
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2 Democrat Senators want to make Big Tech companies liable when their algorithms promote health misinformation
The bill comes after Facebook fought with the Biden administration over whether misinformation on i…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Mark Zuckerberg reportedly signed off on a Facebook algorithm change that favored established news sites and made feeds 'nicer' after the election
The change, signed off by Mark Zuckerberg, was intended to stem the flow of misinformation on the p…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Facebook's algorithm is a sociopath, and Facebook management is too greedy to stop it
Facebook has known its algorithms encourage antisocial behavior for years and done little to stop i…
Linette Lopez
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This chronically online writer believes he gamed Twitter's For You algorithm. Here's how he made his tweets go viral.
The first tweet in which he put his hypothesis to work got over 1,500 retweets and about half a mil…
Lloyd Lee
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Facebook 'actively promotes' Holocaust denial content to certain users, a new study finds
Facebook's search algorithm was found to "actively promote" Holocaust denial content to users who h…
Ben Gilbert
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Facebook exec Nick Clegg said he couldn't give a 'yes or no answer' on whether its algorithms boosted insurrection sentiments ahead of Jan. 6 riot
"Given we have thousands of algorithms and you have millions of people using this, I can't give you…
Katie Balevic
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Instagram has reportedly shifted its algorithm to favor news content after complaints from staff about Palestinian censorship
The app will now rank both original and shared stories equally instead of prioritizing original con…
Connor Perrett
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Zuckerberg reportedly brushed aside internal research that showed Facebook exposed users to more and more extreme views, saying he never wanted the topic brought to him again
After Facebook researchers found the site contributed to divisive rhetoric, executives reportedly n…
Paige Leskin
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TikTok keeps the videos on your home page diverse because it doesn't want you to 'get bored and close the app,' a new report says
Social media companies are constantly vying for users' eyeballs, and a New York Times report detail…
Katie Canales
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Instagram is becoming as uncool as Facebook and it has only itself to blame
Instagram's algorithm favors top creators and influencers, whereas TikTok's algorithm favors the mo…
Chris Stokel-Walker
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How 'the dress' broke the internet and pushed Facebook to force everyone into their own filter bubble
In a new book, BuzzFeed's former editor-in-chief shares the backstory of the blue and black (or was…
Ben Smith
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Congress demands TikTok share information about its 'dangerous' algorithm after oversight committee finds the platform is serving harmful content to underage users
In a letter, Congress writes that TikTok has failed to "adequately police" content including sex- a…
Francis Agustin
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TikTok's algorithm shows anti-vaccine videos to children as young as 9, researchers say
Users under 13 can easily circumvent Tik Tok's age restrictions, exposing themselves to harmful COV…