VIDEO: The feedback loop of social media rewards 'loudest' voices

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Technology ethicist Tristan Harris succinctly tells 60 Minutes host Bill Whitaker about the feedback flaw that rewards and fuels misinformation and extreme views on social media – and what we can do to address it – during an engaging and fast-paced interview for the venerable news program's “Overtime” segment.

The co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology explains how social media's addicting algorithms have influenced political polarization, fueled misinformation, and exacerbated divisiveness in the United States by rewarding the loudest and most extreme views. MORE