Prescott Valley, AZ Correspondent — These platforms determine political visibility at scale, and when amplification happens through an opaque system, public accountability is nearly impossible. Requiring disclosure of the principal factors driving distribution of political material would let researchers and the public evaluate claims of bias with data instead of anecdote. At the moment every … Continue reading Should large social-media platforms be required to disclose more detail about how their algorithms amplify or suppress political content?
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Will the ongoing investigations into the previous presidential campaign ultimately strengthen or further erode public trust in federal law-enforcement institutions?
Wheeling, West Virginia Correspondent — Trust in these institutions was already uneven here before any of this started. In a place where the Bureau's main historical appearance was in a corruption case against somebody local, the reservoir was never deep. When a high-profile probe is read through partisan lenses, every procedural decision becomes evidence of … Continue reading Will the ongoing investigations into the previous presidential campaign ultimately strengthen or further erode public trust in federal law-enforcement institutions?
