Hey! Algorithms, leave them kids alone: Chips with Everything podcast
by Presented by Jordan Erica Webber and produced by D from Technology | The Guardian on (#3MME4)
This week, Jordan Erica Webber looks into reports that YouTube Kids might create an algorithm-free platform to prevent children viewing inappropriate content by clicking on seemingly benign video suggestions
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These days, we hear a lot about algorithms. The word tends to crop up when some or other tech company is forced to apologise for whatever new scandal has thrown them into the spotlight. Whether the issue is big data and profiling, or search results and suggested content, it is the algorithm that gets the blame.
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