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Filter Bubble Video Narration
How Do you Counter the Filter Bubble?
What can you do to limit or stop filter bubbles?
- Use ad-blocking browser extensions (such as AdBlock)
- Set your phone (or any device that uses apps) to stop tracking by the apps you have installed.
- Read news sites and blogs that provide a wide range of perspectives.
- "Subscribe" to more than one news source, ideally covering local, national, and international news.
- Understand where your news sources show up on media bias charts. Find balance with "centered" journalism.
- Use anonymous browsing, delete search history and stay logged out if possible.
- Delete or block browser cookies.
- Educate yourself about filter bubbles, internet tracking, and security.
- Consider buying access to a VPN: Virtual Private Network.
Confirmation Bias Video (from The News Literacy Project at newslit.org)