filter bubble
noun [ C ] uk/ˈfɪl.tə ˌbʌb.əl/ us/ˈfɪl.tɚ ˌbʌb.əl/
过滤泡泡，筛检程序泡泡（社交平台、搜寻网站等利用网站里的算法，来计算出用户想看到或观点一致的信息，把可能不需要、看了会不开心的信息都消除掉）
a situation in which someone only hears or sees news and information that supports what they already believe and like, especially a situation created on the internet as a result of algorithms (= sets of rules) that choose the results of someone's searches
If we don’t come out of our filter bubble we hear only the news that confirms our biases. 如果我们不走出自己的过滤泡泡，就只能听到证实我们偏见的新闻。
Compare: echo chamber
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- A filter bubble – a term coined by Internet activist Eli Pariser – is a state of intellectual isolation that allegedly can result from personalized searches.
- Filter bubbles create echo chambers: we assume that everyone thinks like us, and we forget that other perspectives exist.
- Your social circle, your work circle, and your neighbourhood all act as filter bubbles too.
- After the unexpected election outcome, there was a surge of interest in filter bubbles and the role they might have played.