The most effective forms of control do not feel like control at all. They feel like a recommendation. On social media platforms, buttons such as “not interested” and engagement signals appear to grant ...

"If you randomly follow the algorithm, you probably would consume less radical content using YouTube as you typically do!" So says Manoel Ribeiro, co-author of a new paper on YouTube's recommendation ...

Meta states the whole process can be done in "just a few taps," and resetting your recommendations will "start to personalize again over time" based on the content you routinely interact with on the ...

One of the best features yet is about to hit Instagram as a test. According to a Meta newsroom post, the social media platform has started offering some users the ability to reset their Instagram ...

Recommender systems are machine learning applications in online platforms that automate tasks historically done by people. In the news industry, recommender algorithms can assume the tasks of editors ...

Concerns and challenges raised in the past few years by lawmakers, enforcers, and private plaintiffs about algorithmic pricing, particularly where algorithms are based on pooled competitor data, began ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The author of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture discusses how we might be able to cultivate our own ...

As you scroll through your Instagram feed, you might find many posts that are irrelevant or out of your interest. To fix this, Instagram has released a new feature that allows you to reset your ...