Helpful customization or furtive manipulation? How Germans see personalisation of online services

Whether we are looking for a restaurant tip, researching health information, or scrolling through social media posts, algorithms use the personal data they gather on us to determine what we are shown online. But how aware are people of the impact algorithms have on their digital environments? A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the University of Bristol has conducted a survey of 1,065 people in Germany to address these questions.
Source: University of Bristol news - Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research, International; Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Psychological Science, Faculty of Life Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news