Tweaking Algorithmic Filtering to Combat Fake News

 By datasciencecentral - 2021-03-23

Description

A significant portion of social media content uses Algorithmic Filtering (AF). AF results in issues with fake news, polarizing opinions. A tweak to AF may be…

Summary

  • According to a recent Pew Research Center Study, 53% of U.S.
  • Adults get their news regularly from social media platforms (SMPs) [1].
  • In their paper, Regulating algorithmic filtering on social media [2], the authors suggest that the solution to combatting fake news is to adjust newsfeed algorithms to better reflect the types of interactions users experience in real life.
  • Fixing the Problem “Online social networks have twisted the flow of information and put the ability to do so in the hands of a few,” says Shah, in an interview on the MIT website [3].
  • “ Tweaking AFs to deal with the drivel and clutter on my News Feed would be a welcome step.

 

Topics

  1. UX (0.22)
  2. NLP (0.09)
  3. Stock (0.08)

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