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Humans are crass and immoral in general. Algorithm is just the device.
The good thing is that third parties are now testing these public showing social media algos and throwing the shit generated on these companies faces. Zuck also opposed plastic surgery filters etc so idk what they’re up to. Seems to be significant influence.
Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/gwtwO Platforms like Instagram and Google don’t care, or only will make a passing effort if it only affects their bottom line. This is why the whole “platforms aren’t liable for the content they host” argument doesn’t work, especially since many corporations will only do the bare minimum—even when they do they get caught, they receive a slap on a wrist and continue to operate in the same manner. There are some vile people on the Internet, and the way Instagram in particular has become nothing but a cesspool of nasty people and some of the lowest content on the Internet all for the sake of the algorithm is shameful. Advertisers don’t care; they’ll pull their ads and then post them somewhere else while pretending to care about the well-being of children. Meta and other platforms don’t care, since they profit off the advertisers remaining on these platforms and selling to the advertisers. It’s just sad all around.
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