Algorithmic Formulas News Today

Is it clear to you why it would take a report by cnn to have instagram shut down accounts that clearly violate their policies? >> there is no excuse for it. but it dramatically shows one of the key failings of instagram and a lot of these tech platforms, which is they have no responsiveness to parents or anyone else reporting this toxic addictive content that is driven to children by the black box, the 600-pound gorillas in the black box. these algorithmic formulas that actually expand the profi...

Was asked about them by cnn. senator blumenthal is joining us right now. senator, thanks so much for joining us. you told the head of instagram that there was a, quote, real lack of connection to the reality of what is there in the testimony you are giving today end quote. is it clear to you why it would take a report by cnn to have instagram shut down accounts that clearly violate their policies? >> there is no excuse for it. but it dramatically shows one of the key failings of instagram and a ...