Marketplace Tech for Friday, May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016

Marketplace Tech for Friday, May 13, 2016

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On today's show, we'll talk about online astroturfing, the practice of leaving fake positive feedback for consumer products; look at Facebook's decision to publish its editorial guidelines and the danger of biased algorithms; and play this week's Silicon Tally with Mita Carriman, the CEO of tech startup Adventurely. 


On today’s show, we’ll talk about online astroturfing, the practice of leaving fake positive feedback for consumer products; look at Facebook’s decision to publish its editorial guidelines and the danger of biased algorithms; and play this week’s Silicon Tally with Mita Carriman, the CEO of tech startup Adventurely. 

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