Algorithms put a 'thumb on the scale,' eliciting emotional responses

Algorithms put a 'thumb on the scale,' eliciting emotional responses

Philip Bump, Mara Schiavocampo, and Oliver Darcy discuss how YouTube and other sites perpetuate digital echo chambers.

The algorithm “is essentially putting its thumb on the scale” by supplying content that elicits deep emotional responses, Schiavocampo says.