Who decides what you see?
Every time you open a social media app, a computer program has already chosen what will appear on your screen. These programs, called algorithms, learn from what you click, like and watch. If you spend ten seconds on a video about sneakers, you will probably see more sneakers tomorrow. This seems helpful, but it has a hidden cost. When an app shows us only what we already like, we stop meeting different ideas. Teenagers who follow only one type of content may start to believe that everybody thinks the way they do. The solution is not to delete every app. We can follow people with different opinions, search for topics on purpose and, from time to time, reset our recommendations. The algorithm learns from us, so we can also teach it.
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