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AllSides is a media literacy tool useful for AI safety researchers tracking how AI policy and governance issues are covered across the political spectrum; tangential to core technical AI safety work but relevant to understanding polarization dynamics in public discourse.
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AllSides is a media platform that presents news coverage from left, center, and right-leaning sources side by side, aiming to reduce filter bubbles and help readers understand how different outlets frame the same story. It provides headline roundups, media bias ratings, and analysis of how political perspective shapes news framing. The platform promotes media literacy by making partisan framing visible and comparable.
Key Points
- •Aggregates news coverage from politically diverse sources to expose readers to multiple perspectives on the same events
- •Rates media outlets by political bias (Left, Lean Left, Center, Lean Right, Right) to help users contextualize sources
- •Highlights how framing, word choice, and omissions differ across the political spectrum for the same story
- •Relevant to AI safety discourse as a tool for navigating polarized coverage of AI policy and governance debates
- •Demonstrates practical approach to combating filter bubbles and epistemic polarization in media consumption
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# Balanced Newsfrom the Left, Center and Right
Jose Luis Magana
Headline Roundup
## [Kash Patel Says FBI Purchases Data To Track Americans](https://www.allsides.com/story/defense-and-security-kash-patel-says-fbi-purchases-data-track-americans)
FBI Director Kash Patel said Wednesday that the FBI is purchasing data that allows the agency to track the location of American citizens.
**The Statement:** Patel, during the [Senate Intelligence Committee's annual Worldwide Threats hearing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYS1b8F0kS8), told members "We do purchase commercially available information that is consistent with the Constitution and the laws under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and it has led to some valuable intelligence for us to be utilized with our private and partner sectors."
**The Data:** The data being purchased is available to purchase from several data brokers, who collect and sell the data to improve targeted advertising to consumers. The information is garnered from several different mobile phone apps and games, and tracks not only location data but also online activity data.
**Not Only FBI:** According to Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the FBI is not the only agency doing this. The EFF reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are also using this data to help them locate unauthorized migrants in the US. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director James H. Adams III also told the panel that the DIA utilizes the data as well.
**"Outrageous" and "Dangerous":** Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee said "Doing that without a warrant is an outrageous end run around the Fourth Amendment," adding that "it's particularly dangerous given the use of artificial intelligence to comb through massive amounts of private information."
**"Obtaining Public Information":** Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), said since it is public information, the FBI "is entitled to search it the same way agents can legally dig through an individual's trash." Cotton added tha
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