Algorithmic Amplification and Society
Daniel Hertzberg

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Algorithmic Amplification and Society

Most online speech is hosted on algorithmic platforms that are designed to optimize for engagement. But algorithms are not neutral. They amplify some speech and suppress others. Some effects are positive. Others exert a pervasive distorting effect on everything.

This blog channel features posts related to the Institute’s research project,  Algorithmic Amplification and Society, which seeks to identify gaps in existing understandings of algorithmic distortion, as well as uncover and explain the true principles that govern the movements of online speech.

Research

Institute Update

Call for Participation: Federal Funding and the First Amendment

    

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Research

Essays and Scholarship

Protecting Immigrant Activists From U.S. Government Retaliation: Lessons From First Amendment Litigation

Immigrant activists in the U.S. face legal and structural barriers when fighting First Amendment retaliation. 

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Litigation

Lawsuit

Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York v. USDA

A case challenging USDA’s purge of climate-related webpages.

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Research

Essays and Scholarship

Into the Driver’s Seat With Social Media Content Feeds

Using vehicles as an analogy, a proposed classification framework for algorithmic feeds

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