TED 2011: Web Personalization as "Junk Food Algorithms"
http://j.mp/eMS9Uv  (This message on Google Buzz)

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http://j.mp/hV97UF  (Wired)

   " ... how companies like Facebook and Google are tweaking their algorithms
     to personalize user experience. Filtering content to cater to
     perceived needs is quickly creating an internet that shows us only
     what it thinks we want to see rather than what we should see ... "

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I addressed some issues related to this topic back in September,
in "Search Personalization: Blessing and Trap?" - http://j.mp/bxfVdq

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
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