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Why algorithms make local political information harder to find

I tried to research my local city council candidates but the search results are dominated by national political content that drowns out local information.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The attention economy's focus on scale and engagement systematically obscures the small-scale political participation that most directly affects daily life.

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“Where Are You with Algorithmic politics?”

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