Who Decides What Websites You Visit?
Who Decides What Websites You Visit?
DuckDuckGo Blog | Privacy Research | 28 Mar 2017
Recently there’s been a lot of justified outrage over “fake news” and the fact that many people are living in an echo chamber online.
Companies like Google use your profile to filter the results they show you, based on what they think you are most likely to click on. This is commonly known as the “Filter Bubble.”
It’s a form of corporate censorship that can be used to influence public opinion (even unintentionally), such as election outcomes and other political issues.
Want to learn more about how you are being censored?
Check out the TED talk by Eli Parsier, Beware online filter bubbles:
As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy.
This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.
We don’t think someone else should decide what information you get to see!
related:
- Measuring the "Filter Bubble": How Google is influencing what you click
https://telegra.ph/Measuring-the-Filter-Bubble-How-Google-is-influencing-what-you-click-05-06
- The Myth of the Unbiased Search Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_15b703Guo8
«...most people don't realize that search engine results are not uniform and strictly based on what people are searching for. As Swedish author and journalist Andreas Ekström reminds us: “Behind every algorithm is a set of personal beliefs that no code can ever completely eradicate”.»
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https://spreadprivacy.com/filter-bubble/