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activist. an algorithm at its basis is just a string of math equations to take a piece of data, do certain things to it, and give us an output. you can call it instructions. reporter: instructions that use the information it gleans from all your prior clicks, likes and comments, to taylor your feed to your wants so you spend more time on the app. there are companies built around advertising dollars. how do i sell an advertisement for more money? you got to have either more users or you got to have people looking at content longer, or you got to have both. reporter: but why does it have to be negative? research shows fear, uncertainty, doubt is what sells the best, it gets people to click the most. reporter: up next a high court ruling that could upend the fight started by tammy, destiny, candace and ceecee and tony and mark. and the results are in.
these companies. can you talk about what you see as connecting all of these different issues? yeah. the algorithms are designed to maintain and enhance engagement. and so over time, they re showing kids not what they want to see, but what they can t look away from. so that s one of the aspects that is unified. reporter: joe is a former silicon valley designer turned activist. an algorithm at its basis is just a string of math equations put together to take a piece of data, do certain things to it, and give us an output. you can call it instructions. reporter: instructions that use the information it gleans from all your prior clicks, likes and comments, to tailor your feed to your wants so you spend more time on the app. there are companies built around advertising dollars. how do i sell an advertisement for more money? you know, you got to either have more users or you have to have people looking at content longer, or you have to have
inflation s going on across the world and is different in different places but is bad across the globe. i think that what i would like to see is sort of what is the path? help light us forward so that we know that maybe it won t be fixed tomorrow, but we know kind of the sort of road that we re on to getting back to our normal pricing. so, it sounds like you re seeing some issues on both of those fronts, the acknowledgement and the charting the way forward. yeah, i just i mean, i just i m from michigan, right? we re just kind of straight about what s going on, and i think people can feel and see spin, and i don t think they like it, and i think what we need to be saying is, look, we know that salaries, you know, increases in people s pay is not keeping up with inflation. so, when you re sitting around the kitchen table at night, your kids have gone to bed and you re trying to figure out how much money is coming in and how much is going out, those math equations are not looking