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Ireland's new law proposes to all but do away with social media companies' algorithms. As most global tech companies are HQ'd there, it will be the law they have to follow in Europe. (www.newstalk.com)

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[–] odium@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The algorithms are what makes people never have their feelings hurt you nincompoop. A lack of algorithms means all people see the same posts.

With algorithms, people only see the posts that agree with them.