Editing Deliberative democracy (section)

=== Platforms and algorithms ===
Aviv Ovadya also argues for implementing [[bridging-based algorithms]] in major platforms by empowering deliberative groups that are representative of the platform's users to control the design and implementation of the algorithm.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ovadya |first=Aviv |date=May 17, 2022 |title=Bridging-Based Ranking |url=https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/bridging-based-ranking |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University |pages=21-23 |language=en}}</ref> He argues this would reduce [[sensationalism]], [[political polarization]] and [[democratic backsliding]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Ovadya |first=Aviv |date=May 17, 2022 |title=Bridging-Based Ranking |url=https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/bridging-based-ranking |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Belfer Center at [[Harvard University]] |pages=1-3, 7, 10 |language=en |quote=}}</ref> [[Jamie Susskind]] likewise calls for deliberative groups to make these kind of decisions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arthur |first=Charles |date=2022-06-15 |title=The Digital Republic by Jamie Susskind review – how to tame big tech |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/15/the-digital-republic-by-jamie-susskind-review-big-tech-radical-vision |access-date=2024-07-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Meta Platforms|Meta]] commissioned a representative deliberative process in 2022 to advise the company on how to deal with climate misinformation on its platforms.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newton |first=Casey |date=2022-09-21 |title=Facebook is experimenting with letting users help write speech rules |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/21/23364788/facebook-user-written-moderation-rules-experiment |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=The Verge |language=en |quote=For its experiment, Meta and BIT worked to find about 250 people who were broadly representative of the Facebook user base. They brought them together virtually across two weekends to educate them about climate issues and platform policies, and offered them access to outside experts (on both climate and speech issues) and Facebook employees. At the end of the process, Facebook offered the group a variety of possible solutions to problematic climate information, and the group deliberated and voted on their preferred outcomes.}}</ref>