The platforms try a little transparency

New efforts from Facebook and Twitter point a way forward

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Today, let’s talk about a few stories related to one of the platforms’ favorite buzzwords as of late: transparency.

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One of the things that makes people anxious about platforms is that they are vast and essentially unknowable to outsiders, forcing politicians, academics and journalists to rely on various hacks and workarounds to …