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X's 'For You' Feed Could Be Making Users More ...
- On Wednesday, a Nature study found X's algorithm shifts users' political opinions toward conservatism in a rare experiment led by Germain Gauthier and teams from Bocconi, St. Gallen, and the Paris School of Economics.
- Longstanding accusations and a Sky News investigation last year say X's algorithm favors right‑wing content, and recent French police raids probe potential manipulation, Musk says the feed is now AI‑led.
- Researchers tested 4,965 active US‑based X users during 2023, with conservative posts roughly 20% more likely and traditional news 58% fewer in algorithmic feeds.
- Affected participants also shifted on issue priorities and views of international events, reporting more conservative opinions, following more conservative political activist accounts, and showing lasting changes after reverting feeds.
- X's global reach means these findings matter because X's more than 400 million users magnify the study's impact, researchers say the algorithm shapes follows and political views, and governments must mandate transparency as platform infrastructure.
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An experiment with active users of X in the United States found that the platform’s recommendation algorithm can modify political attitudes. The study, entitled The political effects of X’s feed algorithm and published on Wednesday, February 18 in Nature magazine, concludes that activating algorithmic feed increased interaction and shifted opinions to more conservative positions on public policy issues and conjuncture. The research took place fo…
This right-wing social network isn't just biased – it's actively radicalizing users
A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in a more conservative direction.Led by Germain Gauthier from Bocconi University in Italy, it is a rare, real-world randomised experimental study on a major social media platform. And it builds on a growing body of research that shows how these platfo…
One Study Shows that the X Algorithm Prioritizes Content Related to Conservative Political Positions
The research was carried out in 2023, six months after Elon Musk acquired the social network
Social networks often function as a space that society uses to inform itself. X (formerly Twitter) is still one of the platforms with the most weight in that sense. Research with 4,965 profiles aimed to see what kind of speeches amplified the platform. After seven weeks of analysis, the authors concluded that the algorithmic feed of the network, now owned by Elon Musk, tends to boost more right-wing content and encourage users to follow conserva…
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- 43% of the sources lean Left, 43% of the sources are Center
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