Customized results from search engines and social media that are geared to the individual based on that person's past preferences. A filter bubble means two people searching for the same thing receive ...

If you use the internet, you’ve probably heard of a filter bubble. Internet sites and social media platforms use algorithms that show you content based on your previous interactions, likes, and shares ...

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates believes we are stuck inside “filter bubbles,” hardly making use of the wealth of information out there on the Internet, television and social media, our ...

Over the years, Google has greatly increased the extent to which it tailors results to the user, with the aim of improving accuracy and relevance. While this can be helpful and convenient, many users ...

Concerns over filter bubbles and fake news are often based on anecdotal evidence. There is relatively little systematic research on the topic; a new survey finds widespread fears are unwarranted.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. As the results of Tuesday’s presidential election sunk in across the ...

One could be forgiven for thinking 2017 was The Year of the Filter Bubble. While Eli Pariser introduced the world to the term half a decade ago, this was the year it seemed to really take off. You ...

No search engine comes close to competing with Google, but a Toronto project is determined to give the internet an alternative. The Million Short search engine offers you the option to eliminate up to ...

‘Grappling with what it means to look at the world through these lenses is really important to us as a society’ ‘Grappling with what it means to look at the world through these lenses is really ...

In 2011, with Facebook and Google growing in influence, liberal activist and entrepreneur Eli Pariser wrote a best-selling book that coined a term: The Filter Bubble. Personalized news feeds and ...