TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and other social media all have different content moderation policies and algorithms. However, their inner workings remain a mystery to their users. People deserve to know how the algorithm works, especially content creators who depend on social media for a living. Tracking Exposed, a collective that analyses the recommendation algorithms of social media, aims to alleviate this issue. You can help their cause by downloading browser plug-ins that analyses social media algorithms whenever you visit their sites. Read full article here
Societal Issues
AI Predicts Crime A Week In Advance With 90 Per Cent Accuracy
An artificial intelligence model built by Ishanu Chattopadhyay and his colleagues analysed crime data in Chicago from 2014 to 2016 and managed to predict future levels of crime down to the nearest 300 metres, a week before they actually happened. While extremely useful, this artificial intelligence has been shown to expose racial prejudice in law enforcement. Hopefully, as the study’s data and methodology have been made available for others to evaluate, these prejudices can be avoided in the next iteration. Read full article here
Merv
August 15, 2022
