Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement, say whistleblowers

Whistleblowers have given an inside view of the algorithm arms race which followed TikTok's explosive growth Social media ...
Ars Technica

Meta plans to test and tinker with X’s community notes algorithm

Meta plans to test out X’s algorithm for Community Notes to crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. In a blog, Meta said the testing in the US would begin ...
2oceansvibe

Meta And TikTok Let Harmful Content Rise After Learning Outrage Drives Engagement

In a battle for attention, companies took risks with safety on issues including violence, sexual blackmail and terrorism.
VentureBeat

Meta and Google researchers’ new data curation method could transform self-supervised learning

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Chicago Sun-Times

How social media algorithms warp our perceptions

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WBAL-TV

Deep dive into Meta's algorithms shows that America's political polarization has no easy fix

The powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram to deliver content to users have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarization. But a series of ...