Last week, I wrote about why the social media addiction verdicts against Meta and YouTube should worry anyone who cares about the open internet. The short version: plaintiffs’ lawyers found a…
  • dust_accelerator@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Well, easy solution: open source the algorithms and we’ll check. Obviously, if they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear. Otherwise, one must assume it absolutely is the “pack of Marlboros”.

    • Rhoerii@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      56·
      4 months ago

      Well, easy solution: open source the algorithms and we’ll check.

      Soooo much this! Yes!

  • XLE@piefed.socialBannedBanned from communityEnglish
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    4 months ago

    This piece needs a conflict of interest statement; the author is a social media (BlueSky) director telling us social media is unfairly maligned.