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The 2026 midterms exposed a problem larger than traditional media bias. As journalism, political commentary, activism and paid influence increasingly occupy the same information environment, audiences face a more fundamental question: What exactly are they watching?
A new KIMCHI token appeared. Connected wallets moved within seconds. Another Kimchi token surged toward $15 million before collapsing after promotional posts disappeared. Then a change to a social-media biography moved the market again. The transactions are visible. The knowledge behind them is not.
Algorithms can recommend, filter, amplify, suppress and influence behavior at extraordinary scale. But they do not possess politics, ideology or ambition of their own. InnerKwest examines the good, bad and ugly of algorithmic behavioral control—and the human directives behind the machines.
Four years after arguing that social media companies are not government agencies, InnerKwest revisits the question from a new perspective. As governments increasingly interact with global technology platforms over online speech, the issue is no longer simply moderation—it is transparency, accountability, and who ultimately governs visibility in the digital public square.
By Eliot Mercer, Intelligence Desk Fear, Silence, and the Lost Conversation on Race The Weight of Social Media Scrutiny Scrolling through social media lately, I notice a pattern that unsettles me. Black voices, even when trying to speak candidly about race, often tiptoe, wary of judgment, wary of backlash. The careful choreography of words, the self-censorship, the hesitation—it is everywhere. …
By InnerKwest Editorial Desk | April 22, 2022 A one-way train to other people’s prosperity Black Twitter, Facebook jail and all of the other market makers Black people pride themselves in being a part teeters on being calamitous. Wow! Briefly let’s look at the Facebook jail. I have drastically reduced my presence on Facebook, because FaceBook , Meta or whatever …
Legacy social media platforms have officially fell prey to become high impact tools for massive propaganda and global deceit. The consumer must take the blame for helping build these platforms into self serving billionaires wares for manipulative intentions. Sorry, but I must view these monolithic social media squares through the eyes of a Black person that has been advocating Black …
Blacklisting , the cancel culture, and other negative actions exacted on Black entities and interests continue to suppress African American progress collectively. The phenomena of unconscious Blacklisting of Black business by Blacks rewards non-Black entities an added advantage over Black business. The resulting non-Black business CAC (customer acquisition cost) to get Black customers is low compared to acquiring customers elsewhere. …
HOW SEARCH ENGINES REINFORCE RACISM August 2020 A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms Run a Google search for “black girls”—what will you find? “Big Booty” and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top search terms. But, if you type in “white girls,” the …
July 8, 2020AM Somebody showed somebody a thing or two recently when it came down to a meeting between Facebook and Color of Change president Rashad Robinson. Other companies executives were present to discuss the demands of a large advertiser boycott that now includes hundreds of brands. The bottom line is Zuckerberg’s Facebook is owned by Zuckerberg, which earns billions …
