It may sound unexciting, but the transition from human editors and curators to algorithmic engines powering the likes of Google and Facebook is changing what we see, when and how. These developments pose ethical questions – we should be worried.
Ethical considerations, while flexible, are necessarily human decisions.
The mechanised approach to managing online data takes little account of ethics. This could leave us isolated in a web of one, in conflict with others. Find out how.
Sanjit Chudha 