Parler CEO: Facebook’s Alleged Secret Algorithm Is ‘Orwellian’

Parler CEO: Facebook’s Alleged Secret Algorithm Is ‘Orwellian’
This illustration picture shows social media application logo from Parler displayed on a smartphone in Arlington, Va., on July 2, 2020. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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The CEO of social media website Parler responded to a report about a Facebook algorithm that allegedly reduces the reach of alternative news websites and promotes corporate media.

John Matze, in an interview with Fox News, said that a reported “secret internal algorithm thing is kind of Orwellian,” referring to the dystopian novel, “1984,” by George Orwell.
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Jack Phillips
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