{"id":10951,"date":"2023-07-27T21:37:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T19:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/27\/changing-metas-algorithms-did-not-help-us-political-polarization-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T21:37:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T19:37:47","slug":"changing-metas-algorithms-did-not-help-us-political-polarization-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/27\/changing-metas-algorithms-did-not-help-us-political-polarization-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Meta\u2019s algorithms did not help US political polarization, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Study of Facebook and Instagram data from 2020 election shows chronological lists had no measurable impact on polarization<\/p>\n<p>The powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarization. But a series of groundbreaking studies published on Thursday suggest addressing these challenges will require more than just tweaking the platforms\u2019 software.<\/p>\n<p>The four research papers, published in Science and Nature also reveal the extent of political echo chambers on Facebook, where conservatives and liberals rely on divergent sources of information, interact with opposing groups and consume distinctly different amounts of misinformation.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jul\/27\/meta-facebook-algorithm-2020-election\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/87d87b50b1c7c508044e46ea9a34b95f4e4e06a3\/0_73_8256_4954\/master\/8256.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=60474d916d7727238d3a6bd7906b1486\" title=\"Changing Meta\u2019s algorithms did not help US political polarization, study finds\" \/>Study of Facebook and Instagram data from 2020 election shows chronological lists had no measurable impact on polarization<br \/>\nThe powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarization. But a series of groundbreaking studies published on Thursday suggest addressing these challenges will require more than just tweaking the platforms\u2019 software.<br \/>\nThe four research papers, published in Science and Nature also reveal the extent of political echo chambers on Facebook, where conservatives and liberals rely on divergent sources of information, interact with opposing groups and consume distinctly different amounts of misinformation. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Study of Facebook and Instagram data from 2020 election shows chronological lists had no measurable impact on polarization The powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarization. But a series of groundbreaking studies published on Thursday suggest addressing these challenges will require more than just tweaking &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/27\/changing-metas-algorithms-did-not-help-us-political-polarization-study-finds\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Changing Meta\u2019s algorithms did not help US political polarization, study finds<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10951"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}