We need to be doing objective measurements about what their algorithms spit out.
I’m sure X will go on and on about how they’re the modern town square, despite them being the most draconian politically biased major platform by far.
Same with Meta. How do they justify being in line with handling misinformation and their new “anti woke” policies? It’s fundamentally at odds with our laws.
We need to be able to independently look at the source code of those algorithms, no more black boxes controlled by the broligarchs alone.
Reminder that “engagement” is likely a major factor regardless of whether it’s agreement or not. Commenting that you disagree with something is the same as commenting agreement as far as the algorithm is concerned. Ignoring things that you don’t want to spread seems like a good way to combat this, but that leaves you with the “echo chamber” issue. If we only engage with things we agree with then our ideals are never challenged and we don’t have an opportunity to improve. Seems kind of damned if you do damned if you don’t.
