How do I register a complaint with Microsoft?
My primary computer is set up to get the Microsoft feed of news stories.
For several weeks now I've noticed that the top stories delivered to me are increasingly right wing: Fox News, Washington Times chief among their sources.
I expect there are many hundreds of thousands if not millions of people who get the same feeds. For this reason, rather than change my settings (which I may do eventually) I want to let Microsoft know that I don't appreciate this tilt to the right.
(An example: Fox News story at the very top of the top of my feed only moments ago calls the Biden presidency "the most diabolical since slavery." Hyperbole, much?)
I've gone to the Microsoft website and clicking on "contact us" only brings me to where I can ask for technical assistance or buy another product. The phone numbers are for technical assistance.
I admit I'm not very computer savvy, so maybe I'm missing something.
So, two questions.
One) Are other people experiencing this same rightward shift in their Microsoft feed?
and Two) what do people recommend I do about registering a complaint about this?
Not only is Fox treated as a legitimate news source (which of course it isn't) but it's now coming up more often than MCNBC, CBS, AP, New York Times, Washington Post. It burns me to think so many people see Fox and Washington Times stories and believe them to be real.
Best wishes, and thanks for your feedback.
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... it gives you MORE of what you've already clicked on.
If you clicked on porn, you get more porn. If you click on rightwing lies, that's what they send you more of. These browsers all keep track of our clicks, I don't think it's possible to change that.
1) If you want to surf the internet and never log in, then they still know some of what you've already clicked on in previous visits. You might avoid some of this "Here we know you want to see this" stuff.
2) You can delete your "cookies" after every time on the internet, and nothing will be saved from the last time online. That means your browser won't remember your logins or where you've been, so you need to have user names and passwords written down somewhere.
3) Get a VPN which is a Virtual Private Network, and the good ones cost money. The VPN makes you anonymous and the places you click on won't know who you are or what your preferences are. I pay $15 every quarter (3 months) for my VPN and it's definitely worth the money. I don't use it every time I'm online, but when I do use it, there's nothing else like it.
Good luck friend!
