The X algorithm really is trying to radicalize you—researchers just proved it

A new study shows that X’s ‘For you’ algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes traditional media, effectively ...
Yahoo

TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TikTok appears to be changing hands, but what that means for users is up in the air. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images ...
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The real AI threat is algorithms that ‘enrage to engage’

Media personalities and online influencers who sow social division for a living, blame the rise of assassination culture on Antifa and MAGA. Meanwhile, tech CEOs gin up fears of an AI apocalypse. But ...
Forbes

The Algorithm Is The New Media Gatekeeper

For decades, communications leaders understood the rules of access. If you wanted attention at scale, you went through editors, producers, publishers and journalists. Media gatekeepers decided what ...
SFGate

TikTok’s new owner puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kelley Cotter, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized ...