> allow the users to spin the dials If I could pick something to regulate about recommendation algorithms, probably a big part of it would be mandating consume

> allow the users to spin the dials If I could pick something to regulate about recommendation algorithms, probably a big part of it would be mandating consumer controls over the algorithm. Complete transparency might be hard when sometimes even the programmers of these systems don't have the ability to see why they recommend what they do, but there should definitely also be mandatory oversight by consumer protection agencies that have full ability to audit the code and report on it.