Manoi Malorta
30 may, 2024
X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content—Whether They Want It or Not - WSJ
New X users with interests in topics such as crafts, sports and cooking are being blanketed with political content and fed a steady diet of posts that lean toward Donald Trump and that sow doubt about the integrity of the Nov. 5 election, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.
Non paywalled article
NEW: @X is pushing partisan content, most of it supporting Trump & sowing election doubt.
@WSJ reporters created new accounts with interests in things like crafts, then observed what content the accounts got recommended.
Their "for you" feeds showed pro-Trump content at double the rate of pro-Harris content.
By @jackgillum @AlexaCorse & Adrienne Tong
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This is extremely obvious to everyone on this platform but still appreciate WSJ doing the work to quantify it. Remember when republicans claimed they thought partisan bias at social media companies was a nation ending election stealing catastrophe?
Krystal
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