My point is NOT it's bad for Facebook to care about content but that 1-Facebook (and Google) concentrate power; 2-Are not open about this.+
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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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Hahaha of course. Somehow? It's a small seminar but I will make the material public. And update it every week at this rate. :-D
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