{"id":7239,"date":"2022-10-01T18:41:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T16:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/01\/molly-russell-was-trapped-by-the-cruel-algorithms-of-pinterest-and-instagram-john-naughton\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T18:41:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T16:41:27","slug":"molly-russell-was-trapped-by-the-cruel-algorithms-of-pinterest-and-instagram-john-naughton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/01\/molly-russell-was-trapped-by-the-cruel-algorithms-of-pinterest-and-instagram-john-naughton\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly Russell was trapped by the cruel algorithms of Pinterest and Instagram | John Naughton"},"content":{"rendered":"

The coroner\u2019s verdict was a world first in citing social media as a causal factor in the 14-year-old\u2019s death<\/p>\n

As the inquest into the death of Molly Russell<\/a> ground to its conclusion on Friday, what kept flashing like a faulty neon sign in one\u2019s mind was a rhetorical question asked by Alexander Pope in 1735: \u201cWho breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?\u201d For Pope it was a reference to \u201cbreaking on the wheel<\/a>\u201d, a medieval form of torture in which victims had their long bones broken by an iron bar while tied to a Catherine wheel, named after St Catherine who was executed in this way.<\/p>\n

For those at the inquest, the metaphor\u2019s significance must have been unmistakable, for they were listening to an account of how an innocent and depressed 14-year-old girl was broken by a remorseless, contemporary Catherine wheel \u2013 the AI-powered recommendation engines of two social media companies, Instagram and Pinterest.<\/p>\n

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\nThe coroner\u2019s verdict was a world first in citing social media as a causal factor in the 14-year-old\u2019s deathAs the inquest into the death of Molly Russell ground to its conclusion on Friday, what kept flashing like a faulty neon sign in one\u2019s mind was a rhetorical question asked by Alexander Pope in 1735: \u201cWho breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?\u201d For Pope it was a reference to \u201cbreaking on the wheel\u201d, a medieval form of torture in which victims had their long bones broken by an iron bar while tied to a Catherine wheel, named after St Catherine who was executed in this way.
\nFor those at the inquest, the metaphor\u2019s significance must have been unmistakable, for they were listening to an account of how an innocent and depressed 14-year-old girl was broken by a remorseless, contemporary Catherine wheel \u2013 the AI-powered recommendation engines of two social media companies, Instagram and Pinterest. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The coroner\u2019s verdict was a world first in citing social media as a causal factor in the 14-year-old\u2019s death As the inquest into the death of Molly Russell ground to its conclusion on Friday, what kept flashing like a faulty neon sign in one\u2019s mind was a rhetorical question asked by Alexander Pope in 1735: …<\/p>\n

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