filter bubble
noun
: an environment and especially an online environment in which people are exposed only to opinions and information that conform to their existing beliefs
As Facebook users around the world are coming to understand, some of their favorite technologies can be used against them. … People's filter bubbles are filled with carefully tailored information—and misinformation—altering their behavior and thinking, and even their votes.—
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Ultimately, the music industry should be a playground of endless discovery rather than a sterile filter bubble.
—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
And yes, YouTube’s algorithm creates filter bubbles too.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
If you’re baffled by how Trump won so big, one reasonable explanation—and the one that Democrats will have to confront head on—is not that millions of voters are trapped in echo chambers and filter bubbles and scrambled by misinformation.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
Today, Fortune has published an excerpt from the book about how AI could make filter bubbles worse, but also how—with the right design choices—the same technology could help pop these bubbles and combat polarization.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2014
In explaining this disjuncture, hyper-partisanship and filter bubbles surely play some role.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2024
But retailers must be cautious of filter bubbles and manipulation instead of true personalization.
—Elijah Clark, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
The results suggest that filter bubbles are at least somewhat real, but countering them algorithmically doesn’t seem to bring us any closer together.
—WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
In a world of filter bubbles and willful propagating of misinformation, this shift can be viewed as an encouraging development.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
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Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
And yes, YouTube’s algorithm creates filter bubbles too.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
If you’re baffled by how Trump won so big, one reasonable explanation—and the one that Democrats will have to confront head on—is not that millions of voters are trapped in echo chambers and filter bubbles and scrambled by misinformation.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
Today, Fortune has published an excerpt from the book about how AI could make filter bubbles worse, but also how—with the right design choices—the same technology could help pop these bubbles and combat polarization.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2014
In explaining this disjuncture, hyper-partisanship and filter bubbles surely play some role.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2024
But retailers must be cautious of filter bubbles and manipulation instead of true personalization.
—Elijah Clark, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
The results suggest that filter bubbles are at least somewhat real, but countering them algorithmically doesn’t seem to bring us any closer together.
—WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
In a world of filter bubbles and willful propagating of misinformation, this shift can be viewed as an encouraging development.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
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“Filter bubble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filter%20bubble. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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