Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after...
by whimsicalism on Friday January 14, 2022 @11:41AM
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Youtube recommends videos you are likely to click on. It is unclear to me what else they are supposed to recommend.
It is also unclear to me that the recommendations ought to be moderated by some embedded state entity to make sure the results align with what is in political vogue.
Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after...
by caleb-allen on Friday January 14, 2022 @12:12PM
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There is a difference between holding a view that isn't "in vogue" and inciting violence. To pretend otherwise is disingenuous and ignorant.
Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after...
by whimsicalism on Friday January 14, 2022 @06:15PM
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This is in the context of the commission saying that FB didn't do enough to block the spread of election fraud misinformation, not that they didn't do enough to block imminent lawless action.
Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after...
by BitwiseFool on Friday January 14, 2022 @11:10AM
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I sense there are two processes at work here. One is simply an algorithm that recommends more of the same. If I watch a Jordan Peterson video, I start seeing recommendations for his other lectures and podcasts. I doubt YouTube's algorithm is specifically trying to change my views politically. Likewise, if I end up seeing a lefty BreadTuber's video, I start to see more socialist videos.
The other thing is that we really don't have shared definition or word-feel for "extremism". The people who are the most vocal about curbing extremist content also happen to be wildly partisan. I don't think that is a coincidence. I sense the false-positive rate is extremely high in this regard.
This rabbit hole encourages extremism in some people, and that can be harmful to society. Why the defeatist attitude, that huge companies have to encourage extremism or people will stop using their products? That's non-sensical