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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Sally Weale Education correspondent

MYSTERIOUS: Switch your phone to greyscale and prune your algorithm says ucl expert - You Need To See This

Kaitlyn Regehr
Kaitlyn Regehr, programme director of digital humanities at UCL: ‘I am trying to make a cultural change.’ Photograph: Matilda Temperley

Switching off the colours on your phone and spending half an hour a week pruning your algorithm can help consumers control and improve their online media diet, according to a professor turned “digital nutritionist”.

These two measures, otherwise known as greyscaling and algorithmic resistance, are among a number of recommendations from Dr Kaitlyn Regehr, an associate professor at University College London and a leading expert in digital literacy.

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