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"The House bill, then, is an acknowledgment that algorithmic curation of feeds is a powerful feature that can have a major influence on individuals and society. It at least makes the point that allowing a foreign company, under its own government’s influence, to have some level of control of the algorithm, is a potential danger for domestic security." #Technology evanp.me/2024/03/13/tiktok-and

Evan Prodromou's Blog · Tiktok and the FediverseToday, the United States House of Representatives voted to require the Chinese company Bytedance to sell its stake in the popular service Tiktok. If the company does not comply, the bill would ban …
Kevin Fox

@ben @evan Thinking about whether algorithmic bias is as dangerous in the hands of a domestic media company or individual as it is in the hands of a foreign power, I feel it’s the same as foreign contributions to domestic political campaigns, and while we allow domestic dark money contributions, they have shown to have the same levels of influence against the public good as any foreign contribution could.

@ben @evan In other words, ban dark money everywhere, and ban social media algorithmic biases everywhere or require them to be completely transparent, subject to anti-discrimination laws, and modifiable by the end user.

@kfury @ben This is a very strong point! I wonder if there are examples in some of the other places that foreign investment is not allowed (like domestic transportation).