Algorithmic News and Ethical Dilemmas: Evaluating the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Integrity of Information in the Context of Facebook Media Sphere in Bangladesh
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algorithmic news, ethical dilemma, artificial intelligence, misinformation, media ethics, technological determinism, AI-Driven news and social media
Abstract
This paper focuses on the ethical aspects of AI-generated disinformation in Bangladesh, a new democracy and part of the Global South. This is a qualitative empirical study on how algorithmic content generation and dissemination, in this instance Facebook's AI algorithms, impact journalism and public debate. The study pairs 20 semi-structured interviews with editors, journalists, technologists, and fact-checkers with a case study of 2020-2025 AIgenerated or manipulated content. The findings demonstrate that Facebook's algorithms promote sensational, biased and unethical content for engagement at the expense of truth and accuracy, and thus destroy ethical values like truth, responsibility and justice. The study also finds entrenched disinformation on a large number of topics with massive spikes closer to the 2024 elections.
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