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Who Controls Your Facebook Feed

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/cover_story/2016/01/how_facebook_s_news_feed_algorithm_works.html

        "Sometimes" isn't the success rate you might expect for such a
        vaunted and feared bit of code. The news feed algorithm's
        outsize influence has given rise to a strand of criticism that
        treats it as if it possessed a mind of its own--as if it were
        some runic form of intelligence, loosed on the world to pursue
        ends beyond the ken of human understanding. At a time when
        Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants increasingly filter our
        choices and guide our decisions through machine-learning
        software, when tech titans like Elon Musk and scientific
        laureates like Stephen Hawking are warning of the existential
        threat posed by A.I., the word itself--algorithm--has begun to
        take on an eerie affect. Algorithms, in the popular imagination,
        are mysterious, powerful entities that stand for all the ways
        technology and modernity both serve our every desire and
        threaten the values we hold dear.

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--Lauren--
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,=
sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#333333">From Lauren Weinstein's PFIR =
list:</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br>Who Controls Your Facebook Feed<b=
r>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/cover_story/2016/01/how=
_facebook_s_news_feed_algorithm_works.html" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_b=
lank">http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/cover_story/2016/01/how_face=
book_s_news_feed_algorithm_works.html</a><br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Sometimes" isn't the success rat=
e you might expect for such a<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 vaunted and feared bit of code. The news feed a=
lgorithm's<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 outsize influence has given rise to a strand of=
 criticism that<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 treats it as if it possessed a mind of its own-=
-as if it were<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 some runic form of intelligence, loosed on the =
world to pursue<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ends beyond the ken of human understanding. At =
a time when<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants increa=
singly filter our<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 choices and guide our decisions through machine=
-learning<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 software, when tech titans like Elon Musk and s=
cientific<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 laureates like Stephen Hawking are warning of t=
he existential<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 threat posed by A.I., the word itself--algorith=
m--has begun to<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 take on an eerie affect. Algorithms, in the pop=
ular imagination,<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 are mysterious, powerful entities that stand fo=
r all the ways<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 technology and modernity both serve our every d=
esire and<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 threaten the values we hold dear.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0- - -<br>
<br>
--Lauren--<br>
Lauren Weinstein (<a href=3D"mailto:lauren at vortex.com" target=3D"_blank">la=
uren at vortex.com</a>): <a href=3D"http://www.vortex.com/lauren" rel=3D"noref=
errer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.vortex.com/lauren</a><br>
Founder:<br>
=C2=A0- Network Neutrality Squad: <a href=3D"http://www.nnsquad.org" rel=3D=
"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.nnsquad.org</a><br>
=C2=A0- PRIVACY Forum: <a href=3D"http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info" rel=
=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info</a><br>
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: <a href=3D"http://www.pfir.=
org/pfir-info" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.pfir.org/pfi=
r-info</a><br>
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy<br>
Lauren's Blog: <a href=3D"http://lauren.vortex.com" rel=3D"noreferrer" =
target=3D"_blank">http://lauren.vortex.com</a><br>
Google+: <a href=3D"http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein" rel=3D"noreferrer" =
target=3D"_blank">http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein</a><br>
Twitter: <a href=3D"http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein" rel=3D"noreferrer" =
target=3D"_blank">http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein</a><br>
Tel: <a href=3D"tel:%2B1%20%28818%29%20225-2800" value=3D"+18182252800" tar=
get=3D"_blank">+1 (818) 225-2800</a> / Skype: <a href=3D"http://vortex.com"=
 rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">vortex.com</a><br>
I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently<br>
doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone.<br>
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</div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><a =
href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/sivasubramanian.muthusamy" target=3D"_blan=
k">Sivasubramanian M</a></div></div>
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