bias

There used to be a dream that technology would be the great equalizer. From social media democratizing national and global discourse to new technology simplifying elections to computer algorithms cutting through prejudice. But that hasn’t panned out: social media is ripping our social fabric to shreds, elections are under constant siege, and our technology is perpetuating rather [...]

Social media giant Facebook has overhauled the Trending feature on its site to make posts more automated after claims of left-wing bias. Facebook’s 1.7 billion users see news stories and topics picked using a mixture of AI and human input. Under the changes, descriptions of stories are no longer written by editorial staff,the company said. [...]