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Study finds algorithms push right-wing content at young users
Original: "Social media algorithms amplify right-wing content against young users’ preference" https://www. bi.team/press-releases
A study from the Behavioural Insights Team finds that social media recommendation algorithms amplify right-wing political content for young users, even when it does not match their stated preferences. The research is circulating again online as people debate how much platform design, rather than user choice, shapes the political content teenagers encounter and the wider effect on young people's political views.
Why now: Ongoing concern about how recommender algorithms shape young people's political exposure.
Behavioural Insights Teamsocial media platformsyoung users
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