Social media algorithms, in their commonly known form, are now 15 years old. They were born with Facebook’s introduction of ranked, personalised news feeds in 2009 and have transformed how we interact ...

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In the four countries studied, each with its own unique technological, political, and social environment, understanding of algorithms varied across different sociodemographic groups. In an era ...