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Axios also suggests “pruning” the algorithm and training it to know what you want. By holding down on a video, an option to tap “Not Interested” will pop up. Using that will help the algorithm know to ...

Every time you scroll, like, or share on a social media platform, an algorithm is watching, learning, and deciding what you ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week, defending his company against claims that ...

Feed algorithms are not politically neutral. According to a recent study published in the journal Nature, using the ...

An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app’s powerful recommendation engine was shaped by a bunch of ordinary, twentysomething curators—including a guy named ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...