Imagine two people opening the same platform and encountering very different accounts of the same event. Their freedom to respond remains, but the material from which they form a judgment differs.
THE DOCUMENTED EXAMPLE
On 2 October 2024, the European Commission requested information from YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok about the design and operation of their recommender systems. [1]
WHAT THIS DOES NOT ESTABLISH
A request for information is not a finding of wrongdoing.
THROUGH VERONOCRACY
Veronocracy approaches visibility as a question of power: who sets the conditions under which some voices are encountered and others remain marginal? This does not mean that every ranking has a political intention.
The question is whether the criteria can be understood and their effects challenged. An effort to protect truth also needs limits on whoever decides what deserves to be seen.
You choose what to read. Who chooses what reaches you?