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The investigation looked at what content from political parties and politicians is shown to newly created accounts that are interested in parties and politicians from either the left or the right.

It found that the algorithms push content from the far right to the right-leaning and left-leaning accounts and, to a lesser extent, push content from the radical left to left-leaning accounts.

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    3 hours ago

    More than one thing can be bad about the internet at the same time.

    Furthermore, the fascists are the one that put the algorithms in place. It’s the same problem.

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      the fascists are the one that put the algorithms in place.

      This is the dumbest thing that I’ve ever heard. Every single program is an “algorithm”. Sorting by date is an “algorithm”.

      You’re literally crying about something that doesn’t exist. And that’s literally how we got here.

      Do you really want more state control of “social media”?