• Guardian, Tuesday, September 2, 2014 12:27 PM

The Guardian’s Emily Bell argues that society would be wise to not let social networks decide what news we are each exposed to. As it stands, “The most powerful distributor of news now is not News Corp trucks or Tesco,” Bell admits. “It is an algorithm governing how items are displayed to the billion active users on Facebook.” Among other necessary adjustments, “Platforms that want public trust should be employing many more journalists than they presently do and using their knowledge to imbue automated process with values,” according to Bell.

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