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X is amplifying far-right accounts

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Hacker News

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AI Generated

A report by Sky News reveals that Twitter (referred to as X) appears to favor showing right-wing and extreme content to users. An experiment with new Twitter accounts showed a bias towards right-wing material, even for politically neutral accounts. The study corrected for popular engagement, showing that X's algorithm is more likely to display right-wing content, especially in the UK political context. The findings suggest a trend of X becoming a platform for expensive propaganda under Elon Musk's ownership.

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