“Most of us when we use these platforms, we don’t really think we could be the product. It was consciously designed that way. The end funnel isn’t funneling you just something to buy, but funneling you to an ideology.” Siyamak Khorrami sits down with Nick Janicki, media relations director with Gan Jing World. Today he…

Let’s face it: Algorithms are good and getting even better. Everything from what you see on your Instagram feed, the product recommendations you get on Amazon, the videos you’re shown on YouTube, and the specific directions given to you by Google Maps are shaped by powerful algorithms that process large amounts of data to give…

“If we monitor, capture, archive, and expose these companies,” Dr. Robert Epstein said, “then they’ll stay out of our lives.” In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek sits down with Dr. Robert EDr. Robert Epstein, senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology. pstein to discuss how…

Commentary Cue references of a “Matrix”-like dystopian future where Chinese citizens are trapped in a simulated reality managed by state-controlled computer algorithms. It’s not too far-fetched to imagine. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s cyberspace watchdog, announced recently that it would set up governance and rules to tighten its grip on algorithms companies…

Commentary Cue references of a “Matrix”-like dystopian future where Chinese citizens are trapped in a simulated reality managed by state-controlled computer algorithms. It’s not too far-fetched to imagine. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s cyberspace watchdog, announced recently that it would set up governance and rules to tighten its grip on algorithms companies…

China’s cyberspace watchdog recently announced that it will set up governance rules and systems for algorithms in the next three years or so, together with other Chinese-state bodies. The new policy is set to influence user choice, as the regulator said algorithms—which the internet and online search runs on— should strictly align with the interest of the…

Australia’s antitrust regulator has called for more powers to combat growing competition concerns, particularly from Google, in the advertising technology sector, stating that Australia’s existing competition laws alone cannot address the mounting issues. In a report published on Tuesday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said an inquiry into advertising technology, also referred to as “ad tech”…

Commentary For months now, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been cracking down on big tech companies. Now, it has algorithms in its crosshairs. At the end of August, the Cyberspace Administration of China released a set of guidelines, replete with 30 different “suggestions.” Ostensibly, the new rules are intended to stop algorithms from manipulating…

Commentary Last week, New York City held its primary election for the Democratic candidate for mayor, who will surely be New York’s next mayor. Yet the results were still unknown, with changing updates for days. In fact, we may never know the real winner, because of an invention by progressives to make elections “fairer.” This…