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minus-squareTaalnazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoBest way to change that is to shut down algorithms that have that bias, and mandate media literacy.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 days agoThat doesn’t work because people like the algorithms, unfortunately. They win the attention war, and Trump is perfectly emblematic of this. It’s also not even about ‘political bias’. Toxicity is the natural end state.
minus-squareTaalnazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoSome countries do take action. Mine does, by banning that.
Best way to change that is to shut down algorithms that have that bias, and mandate media literacy.
That doesn’t work because people like the algorithms, unfortunately. They win the attention war, and Trump is perfectly emblematic of this.
It’s also not even about ‘political bias’. Toxicity is the natural end state.
Some countries do take action. Mine does, by banning that.