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.

Litigation

Amicus Brief

Iowa v. Securities Exchange Commission

Litigation challenging the SEC’s climate disclosure rule

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Video

Documentary

Flashpoint: Protests, Policing, and the Press

A Knight Institute production

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Litigation

Lawsuit

The Foundation for Global Political Exchange v. Department of the Treasury

A case challenging OFAC’s suppression of the exchange of political ideas

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Podcast

Institute Update

War & Speech

A new season of “Views on First” about free speech and the war in Israel and Gaza

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