Michael SkeggsNov 7
Ian Dunt
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Elon Musk is boosting the Brit...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right

Sky
Nov 6 at 7:22amWeb
Show threadJenica Lake เหล็ถเลถNov 6
@iandunt.bsky.social it's a feature, not a bug
Show threadDistanteNov 6
@iandunt.bsky.social Thank you for sharing the article, it's very interesting.
Show threadMiro CollasNov 6
@iandunt.bsky.social I wish I could say that this is surprising.
Show threaddarkglade.bsky.socialNov 6
Wait, what, SKY published that 😲
Show threaddarkglade.bsky.socialNov 6
That said, when I was still active over there I NEVER looked at the "For You" feed, it was always just my subs.
Show threaddownbeatdanNov 6
@iandunt.bsky.social Really important reporting to read and share. Musk is clearly fucking with the UK.
Show threadKzad_BhatNov 6

@iandunt.bsky.social I would wager, the behavior is analogus for other countries too. Just follow the money.

Sooo society, a serious poltical question for you:

When do we consider companies hostile state actors that can also be sanctioned as such..?

In my opinion it is a long time coming for this one.

Show threadsNOWFLAKE ❄️ iNDUSTRIESNov 6
@iandunt.bsky.social LEAVE IT NOW
Show threadMidgePhotoNov 6

@iandunt.bsky.social

DAG today
"we, in a more jaded time than the optimism of Enlightenment thinking, realise that conflict and confrontation is not always a prelude to a happy equilibrium: things break down, thesis and antithesis do not resolve as a synthesis, markets do not clear and are certainly never ‘perfect’."

Show threadChad Nov 6
@iandunt.bsky.social Excellent journalism.
Show threadIndependenceAndy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Nov 6
@iandunt.bsky.social should be banned , I stopped using when he took over it thankfully
Show threadxs4me2Nov 6

@iandunt.bsky.social

This should be illegal… block X and sue the bastard…

Show threadPaco HopeNov 6

@iandunt.bsky.social They created 9 users and collected and analysed what the algorithm showed those 9 users. They have evidence of bias. We can surmise that something must introduce bias because the bias exists. They didn’t find the algorithm. They can’t show it or explain it.

And things like this are just dumb: “As a result, platforms built as public town squares for self-expression and connecting with others are now more like private property, where the loudest voices belong to those with power”

It was always private property. They’re wilfully misunderstanding these terms. And they don’t even engage with the disproportionate power the wealthy have in things that truly are “public.”

Show threadAmin GirasolNov 6
@paco @iandunt.bsky.social yes, that paragraph jumped out at me too, as surprisingly uninformed. The town square is explicitly a public space. Twitter never was nor ever claimed to be. It was always privately owned.
Show threadDavid PNov 6

@iandunt.bsky.social

So is Sky News, at least in Australia.

Show threadMegatronicThronBanksNov 6
@iandunt.bsky.social So he achieved something by himself? Or is it just one more thing his face is stuck to?
Show threadRichRARobiNov 6

@iandunt.bsky.social
#UKGovernment

Ref: X

No WONDER the UK GOVERNMENT has become so obsessed with these extreme right wing methods!

They are obsessed with using X.

X should be banned from UK.
UKGOV must stop using X.

Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Nov 6

@iandunt.bsky.social I don't expect a single government minister to do anything about it, they are in thrall to Silicon Valley, they allow themselves to be dominated by men like Musk

#ElonMusk #Musk

Show threadDarth Hideout 🏳️‍🌈Nov 6
@iandunt.bsky.social Sky published that? *blinks*