Who owns your For You page?

Who owns your For You page?

We ask whether the more media ownership will lead to a more restrictive narrative.

Concerns about media consolidation and its effects on free speech have recently been raised by recent developments in American tech and media. With Oracle proposed to manage TikTok’s algorithm for security reasons, the US government is pushing ByteDance to reduce its influence over the platform. Concerns about media ownership centralization are raised even more by Skydance Media’s $ 8 billion merger with Paramount Global.

Presenter: Stefanie Dekker

Guests:

Syed Hemu Rahman, a founder of a startup and a freelance journalist

Audrey Henson, a journalist and creator of investigative content

Source: Aljazeera

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