#AlgorithmicHarm

#DeleteMETA Stop DATA Theft. End Manipulation. Reclaim Privacy

@stopmetaharm.bsky.social

1 month ago

Commission preliminarily finds TikTok\'s addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.

TikTok tracks users even without the app installed, collecting precise location, citizenship/immigration status, and metadata. EU found its addictive design violates Digital Services Act (Feb 4, 2026) #TikTokTracking #EURegulation #LocationData #AlgorithmicHarm ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Stratheia

@stratheia.bsky.social

2 months ago

Psychological Cost of Political Chaos in the Digital Era - Stratheia Political instability and social media fuel anxiety, misinformation, and digital burnout, turning mental health into a public concern.

Social media was meant to inform, but during political crises it often exhausts. Fear-driven algorithms thrive on anxiety, not awareness.
#AlgorithmicHarm #SocialMediaImpact #CrisisFatigue
stratheia.com/psychologica...

Benjamin Getenet

@benjamingetenet.fr

4 months ago

Instagram knows: its algorithm is flooding vulnerable teenagers with content linked to eating disorders, even when they are trying to get better. It's not support, it's conditioning. A mechanism that transforms suffering into commitment.
#MentalHealth #AlgorithmicHarm

KOMYŪN

@komyun.bsky.social

9 months ago

When I was starting Komyūn I wanted to better understand why old social media feels so terrible. Here’s what I learned.

#socialmedia #adrevenue #sem #algos #algorithms #algorithmicharm #misinformation

Noah Gift

@noahgift.com

1 year ago

Ethical Issues Vector Databases | 52 Weeks of Cloud This episode examines the societal implications of recommendation systems powered by vector databases discussed in our previous technical episode, with a focus on potential harms and governance challe...

The Dark Side of Recommendation Engines: Ethics Alert 🚨

Ethical issues with vector database-powered recommendation systems:

podcast.paiml.com/episodes/eth...

#AIEthics #RecommendationSystems #MachineLearning #DataScience #AlgorithmicHarm