Political manipulation, fake news & lynchings - what’s the cost of our clicks? | IBTN

Published on Jul 17, 2019
‘Click Me’ - The Algorithm Made Me Do It: We’re living in a world driven by scrolls, swipes, taps and clicks. An
Published on Jul 17, 2019
‘Click Me’ - The Algorithm Made Me Do It: We’re living in a world driven by scrolls, swipes, taps and clicks. And all these have an impact - they could mean big money for corporations, a big story going viral or big votes for a political party. Many times though, the impact can be much grimmer: hate speech, lynchings, even deaths.

Around the world, powerful entities are leveraging huge amounts of money to manipulate and influence us. And algorithms are central to those efforts - algorithms developed and designed to push specific types of content to us. Content that says, ‘click me’.

Join Ali Rae in this episode of ‘All Hail The Algorithm’ - a 5 part series exploring the impact of these invisible codes on our everyday lives.

In this episode Ali speaks with Mexican blogger-turned-internet activist Alberto Escorcia, Samantha Bradshaw from the Oxford Internet Institute and Luis de Uriarte from Facebook Mexico.

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