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Facebook Must Be Accountable to the Public
Curated:
15/05/2016 from
points.datasociety.net/facebook-must-be-accountable-to-the-public-72a6d1b0d32f
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There is no such thing as neutrality when it comes to media. That has long been a fiction... It’s also dangerous to assume that the “solution” is to make sure that “both” sides of an argument are heard equally... It is even more dangerous, however, to think that relying more on algorithms will remove this bias.
Recognizing bias and enabling processes to grapple with it must be part of any curatorial process, algorithmic or otherwise... this latest wave of concerns is only the tip of the iceberg around how powerful actors can affect or shape political discourse
In theory, news media is accountable to the public.,, a host of processes address the possibility of manipulation: ombudspeople, whistleblowers, public editors... Facebook and other technology companies have not, historically, been included in that conversation.
Zuckerberg's stance that Facebook will be neutral as long as he’s in charge is ... what it means to be a benevolent dictator
Data & Society has been developing a project that asks who controls the public sphere in an era of algorithms.... a series of documents that we think are valuable to the conversation
Recognizing bias and enabling processes to grapple with it must be part of any curatorial process, algorithmic or otherwise... this latest wave of concerns is only the tip of the iceberg around how powerful actors can affect or shape political discourse
In theory, news media is accountable to the public.,, a host of processes address the possibility of manipulation: ombudspeople, whistleblowers, public editors... Facebook and other technology companies have not, historically, been included in that conversation.
Zuckerberg's stance that Facebook will be neutral as long as he’s in charge is ... what it means to be a benevolent dictator
Data & Society has been developing a project that asks who controls the public sphere in an era of algorithms.... a series of documents that we think are valuable to the conversation
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