Distorted Perceptions

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Distorted Perceptions

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Angela Merkel: internet search engines are 'distorting perception'


Angela Merkel has called on major internet platforms to divulge the secrets of their algorithms, arguing that their lack of transparency endangers debating culture.

The German chancellor said internet users had a right to know how and on what basis the information they received via search engines was channelled to them.

Speaking to a media conference in Munich, Merkel said: “I’m of the opinion that algorithms must be made more transparent, so that one can inform oneself as an interested citizen about questions like ‘what influences my behaviour on the internet and that of others?’.


On an earlier thread I noted how Obama was calling for a regulation of what is true, a.k.a. censorship. His reasoning was founded on the same idea Merkel puts forth here, except she has a decidedly different solution.
Transparency, its something Obama should have been interested in.

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