# Algorithmic Amplification **Entity class:** Platform-distribution mechanism **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Algorithmic amplification** occurs when ranking, recommendation, advertising, or notification systems increase the reach or repetition of content. It can accelerate exposure to extremist narratives, but observed correlation between recommendation and radicalization does not by itself establish individual causation. ## Relationships - **affects:** [[wiki/Memetic Contagion and Violent Extremism|Memetic Contagion and Violent Extremism]], [[wiki/Echo Chamber|Echo Chamber]], and [[wiki/Filter Bubble|Filter Bubble]]. - **observed through:** [[wiki/SOCMINT|SOCMINT]] and [[wiki/Real-Time Observability|Real-Time Observability]]. - **intervention:** [[wiki/Countering Violent Extremism|CVE]] and platform governance. ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/A Network-Epidemiological Analysis of Radicalization and Real-Time Counterterrorism Observability|Network-Epidemiological Analysis]]