Mark Zuckerberg says "people should decide what is credible, not tech companies." But his platforms have been making those decisions for us for years, through their algorithms, and not in a good way. Consider this report on the Instagram algorithm. "Instagram's guidelines state that nudity is "not allowed" on the service, but favors posts that show skin. The subtle difference between what is encouraged and what is forbidden is decided by unaudited, and likely biased, computer vision algorithms... abusive removal of content was common. Just how common such occurrences are, and whether People of Color and women are disproportionately affected, is impossible to say."
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