3-That many will like their current choices is no guarantee of anything; 4-That they censor news about Facebook is indicative about issues;+
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5-Facebook & Google that have enormous power to shape the public sphere. They should grapple with this but also be open & more accountable.
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On the right, "Former Facebook Workers" start trending on Twitter. Will it trend on Facebook at all? Anyone?pic.twitter.com/LTHrTjI2YM
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Drew Conway
This, and with machine learning entering this space very fast, we don't even directly understand much of it anymore.https://twitter.com/drewconway/status/729681780287152133 …
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The point isn't the past was some unbiased paradise and the future is horrible, but we've entered a new regime with new concentrated powers.
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Facebook feed algorithm sold as "what you want" but it structures the experience. FB trending is sold as algorithm but is FB's preferences.
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Meanwhile, Google still defines "algorithm" as computer programs that give you "exactly what you want."pic.twitter.com/7VPNGPMhf4
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I'm teaching an algorithms, big data and ethics class this Fall. I am so not writing the syllabus till August. Stuff comes out every week.
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BTW I *do* wish there were a better term than algorithm to mean "complex and opaque computation of consequence". Language does what it does.
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@naz_erkan It sucks, what algorithm means in computer science and the meaning it's taken on in general language are pretty divergent. Alas.
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@zeynep@naz_erkan what's in a name they say! algorithm was someone's name after all.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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