This week read the article” Measuring the Filter Bubble: How Google is measuring what you click” and watched “How Filter Bubbles Isolate You” (YouTube Video)
Discussion:
If you and I performed a Google Internet search on a topic, we could get totally different results. How is this possible? In attempts to provide us with user-specific content based on the data they collect on us, web companies may also be restricting us from information and “narrowing our world view.”
Question #1:
What are your thoughts on filter bubbles? Have you ever encountered a Filter Bubble? Do you think companies like Facebook and Google have a civic responsibility in this area?
How Filter Bubbles Isolate You (YouTube video | 2:37 mins | automatic closed captioned)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT-k1kDIRnw
How Filter Bubbles Isolate You Transcript https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/dam/permalink/2f732130-f9f0-4747-8b95-26bae6c19240.html
Measuring the Filter Bubble: How Google is measuring what you click (web page) https://spreadprivacy.com/google-filter-bubble-study/