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Guilt by Twitter association — how Labour Left Voice blocked swathes of Twitter
One Corbynite Twitter account has been blocking great swathes of Twitter - and thus created a manual filter bubble.
satire
Partisan satire and the mechanisms of unintentional misinformation
The Washington Post has detailed the vicious circle between two different political groups that is breeding unintentional misinformation - and increasing polarisation
algorithms
Facebook's not the filter bubble, we are
Interesting – and quite important – experiment from The Guardian – exposing the right and left in the US to Facebook newsfeeds [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/16/facebook-bias-bubble-us-election-conservative-liberal-news-feed] from the other side of politics: > Tobias said that exposure to the other side made her realize how difficult it might
algorithms
Can Apple Music save a middle-aged man from the music of his youth?
Apple Music [http://www.apple.com/uk/music/] arrived last night, and with it Beats 1 [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/30/apple-musics-beats-1-zane-lowe] – a new, global music channel. And I’m not just quite hopeful that it’ll be god; I’ve been actively listening to it and
elections
The social media election that wasn't
Dr Bart Cammaerts of the LSE [http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2015/05/12/did-britains-right-wing-newspapers-win-the-election-for-the-tories-spoiler-alert-probably-not-guest-blog/] : > What is clear, however, is that social media have had no or very little impact at all. The hashtag #Milifans and the nearly 10 million followers of comedian Russell Brand did not make