[governance] Fwd: [ PFIR ] Who Controls Your Facebook Feed

[Sivasubramanian M]

>From Lauren Weinstein's PFIR list:

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--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren at vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility:
http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein
Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently
doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone.
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Sivasubramanian M <https://www.facebook.com/sivasubramanian.muthusamy>
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