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Social media algorithms target lower-income youth with risky 'easy money' ads, study shows

Young people with fewer financial resources, especially boys, are the most exposed to advertising about how to make easy money. So confirms a pioneering study by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), which ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

An Algorithm That’s Easy, but Wrong

Thank you for printing the lively article “A Storied Approach to Operations Research” (Notes from Academe, June 14), about Gene Woolsey of the Colorado School of Mines. ... I was especially struck by ...
Los Angeles Times

Deep dive into Meta’s algorithms shows that America’s political polarization has no easy fix

WASHINGTON — The powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram to deliver content to users have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarization. But a series of ...