How the Facebook ‘like’ button ruined the internet – and why it’s time to ditch the algorithm

With social media bans for children coming into force, Anthony Cuthbertson looks at why it might be time to get rid of the ...

How Addictive Social Media Algorithms Could Finally Face a Reckoning in 2022

Platforms like Facebook and Instagram are under mounting pressure to reform the ways in which they're built to be addictive ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Facebook’s algorithm is ‘influential’ but doesn’t necessarily change beliefs, researchers say

SAN FRANCISCO — The algorithms powering Facebook and Instagram, which drive what billions of people see on the social networks, have been in the crosshairs of lawmakers, activists and regulators for ...
KOB 4

Facebook algorithm post scam | What the Tech?

If you are on on Facebook, you may have seen a post that says you can use a trick to see more of what your friends post but ...
The Hill

Facebook algorithms not driving political polarization: studies

A slate of research papers published Thursday suggest that the algorithms that drive Facebook and Instagram are not entirely to blame for those platform’s political polarization, as some previously ...
balkaninsight

Analysing Algorithms: Bosnian Media Complain of Facebook Guessing Game

Media depend on Facebook to reach readers, but negotiating its algorithms and content moderation can be a full-time job, editors and journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina complain. This post is also ...
Courthouse News Service

Researchers question claim about Facebook news algorithm curbing election misinformation

This photo shows the mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook and Instagram in New York, Oct. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file) (CN) — A study claiming Meta’s news feed algorithm ...