Do social media algorithms erode our ability to make decisions freely? The jury is out
In response to Netflix’s The Social Dilemma, Lewis Mitchell and James Bagrow unpack social media’s impact on our lives in this crossposting from The Conversation.
Have you ever watched a video or movie because YouTube or Netflix recommended it to you? Or added a friend on Facebook from the list of “people you may know”?
And how does Twitter decide which tweets to show you at the top of your feed?
These platforms are driven by algorithms, which rank and recommend content for us based on our data.
