- Replacing Facebook's newsfeed algorithm with a simple reverse-chronological feed decreased people's time on the site and increased the amount of political content and misinformation they saw. However, it did not change levels of issue polarization, affective polarization, or political knowledge https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abp9364 8 comments science
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- Facebook opened its doors to researchers. What they found paints a complicated picture of social media and echo chambers. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-opened-doors-researchers-found-paints-complicated-picture-soc-rcna96536 18 comments
- Facebook’s Algorithm Is ‘Influential’ but Doesn’t Necessarily Change Beliefs, Researchers Say - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/technology/facebook-instagram-algorithms.html 18 comments
- Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/meta-just-proved-people-hate-chronological-feeds/ 15 comments
- Congress Amended KOSA, But It's Still A Censorship Bill | Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/congress-amended-kosa-its-still-censorship-bill 12 comments
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- Is it possible that Facebook didn’t destroy American democracy? - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/07/meta-facebook-political-polarization-studies/674841/ 1 comment
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