In this TED Talk, Eli Pariser discusses the filtering that is now a part of the internet, especially search engines such as Google. He describes how the internet is filtering items to better meet what they believe you want to see. His concern is a valid one regarding the problematic approach this process assumes. Not only do we not have a say in what is being filtered, but we do not even see what they have choose to filter. He compares this new phenomenon to when editors of the newspapers and other media were the gate keepers of the information. The difference between then and now is that these new algorithmic gatekeepers do not have the ability to use morals and ethics in their judgements about what t keep and what to discard. BIG PROBLEM.
Reminds me of a song by Tim McGraw. I will try to find it and link it to this blog....this will be my first time embedding something, so please be patient.....Tim McGraw's Who Are They?
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