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Finding bias in social media recommendations

Guillaume Chaslot (AlgoTransparency)
11:1511:55 Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Secondary topics:  Media, Advertising, Entertainment, Security and Privacy
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What you'll learn

  • Understand how to determine which narratives are favored by social media recommendation engines

Description

An increasing number of ex-Google and ex-Facebook employees state that social media is starting to control us rather than the other way around. How can we determine if social media is a pure reflection of people’s interests or if it pushes us toward specific narratives? Guillaume Chaslot explores methodologies to find out which narratives are favored by social media recommendation engines.

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Guillaume Chaslot

AlgoTransparency

Guillaume Chaslot is the founder of both consulting firm IntuitiveAI and nonprofit AlgoTransparency. Previously, Guillaume worked at Google. He holds a PhD in artificial intelligence from Maastricht University.