Influence of Facebook algorithms on political polarization tested | Nature
Date : 2023-07-27
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David Garcia, as part of a landmark collaboration, shows that Facebook’s news feed filters partisan political news to users with the same views. But changing the feed algorithm to reduce exposure to like-minded content does not reduce political polarization.
Research paper available here
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