There is an increasing focus by governments and certain concerned civil society initiatives that algorithms might be amplifying terrorist and violent extremist content (TVEC). This focus is a result ...

Kapwing researchers set up a new YouTube account with no prior preferences to test how content goes viral. They found that ...

If shared reality is breaking down, here’s a plan for what can come next: limit algorithmic amplification, add friction to virality, and rebuild common ground. The post How to Save Democracy—and ...

Among the many Twitter employees who had been laid off by the company under Elon Musk's new ownership, there's Rumman Chowdhury, the director of machine learning ethics, transparency, and ...

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🫡 Yep, the team is gone. The team that was researching and pushing for algorithmic transparency and algorithmic choice. The team that was studying algorithmic amplification. The team that was ...

People’s daily interactions with online algorithms affect how they learn from others, with negative consequences including social misperceptions, conflict and the spread of misinformation, my ...

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