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leighelse@mastodon.nz ("leighelse{}") wrote:
Research shows internet availability results in polarised political views, but the fault isn't with the technology. Platforms like Facebook and Xwitter push right wing talking points and suppress others.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aei2409
'There is now a solid body of evidence showing that internet availability is causing a variety of outcomes that adversely affect democracy ...
During the German federal election in 2025, an algorithmic audit of X, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube found that around half of all party-related content that was algorithmically recommended to young users across platforms involved an extreme-right party, doubling its audience share relative to the content’s original upload rate on TikTok. Center-left parties, by contrast, were suppressed.'