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'Fixing' Facebook's algorithm

21/10/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, 'Fixing' Facebook's algorithm

Could regulation make Facebook a kinder platform?

The social media giant's algorithm has been accused of amplifying divisive content and disinformation. Could regulating it make Facebook a kinder platform? Ed Butler speaks to the BBC's Silicon Valley correspondent James Clayton about the latest revelations from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, and renewed demands for a crackdown by US lawmakers. Former Facebook data scientist Roddy Lindsay explains how Facebook's alogrithm became the focus of criticism of the platform, and how a change to the law could solve it. Daphne Keller from Stanford's Cyber Policy Center explains the legal minefield when it comes to regulating what social media users can say, and what platforms can promote, online.

(Photo: Frances Haugen testifies in Congress in October 2021, Credit: Getty Images)

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