Algorithmic Recommendation Systems
Show Summary:
This week I am joined by Louisa Bartolo to discuss all things algorithms. She recently finished her PhD on this very topic and we dive into every aspect of how content gets recommended to us online, publishing transparency reports, user tooling options, and regulation. Recommendation algorithms are a hot topic in regulation right now and Louisa shares some great research and insight into the topic, hope you enjoy the show.
Louisa Bartolo:
Louisa Bartolo, PhD is a tech policy advisor and researcher, who has specialised in the policies surrounding algorithmic recommender systems. Over the past years, she has written about a range of online safety issues for publications including LawFare, the DSA Observatory and the Yale Information Society Project.
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Scholars Referenced in this Episode:
Bernard Rieder (2020) Engines of Order: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462986190/engines-of-order
Tarleton Gillespie (2018) Custodians of the Internet: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300261431/custodians-of-the-internet/
Louisa’s Publications on Recommender Systems:
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/exploring-tradeoffs-in-ranking-and-recommendation-algorithms (co-authored with members of Instagram's policy team)
Music by Robert Taylor Jr.
Edited by Andrew Blankenship