"... very early on in the open source discussion, I was saying data is going to be the new source of lock-in, we shouldn't be so focused on source code," he adds. "If we had focused a lot more on issues of what it means when somebody controls the data, when somebody controls the algorithms which shape what data people see? That's where the open source discussion needs to be now."
It has become common practice in scientific journals for an author of an article to include the data on which the article's conclusions are based. Imagine if it became common practice for political writers to do the same?
Re Algorithms:
Software nonprofit Mozilla Foundation found that YouTube’s powerful recommendation engine continues to direct viewers to videos that they say showed false claims and sexualized content, with the platform’s algorithms suggesting 71% of the videos that participants found objectionable.
The study highlights the continuing challenge Alphabet Inc. subsidiary YouTube faces as it tries to police the user-generated content that turned it into the world’s leading video service. It is emblematic of the struggle roiling platforms from Facebook Inc. to Twitter Inc., which soared to prominence by encouraging people to share information but which now face regulatory and social pressure to police divisive, misleading and dangerous content without censoring diverse points of view.
Bastids.