@ArcticDagger to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoPeople, not search-engine algorithms, choose unreliable or partisan newswww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square2arrow-up14arrow-down11
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkPeople, not search-engine algorithms, choose unreliable or partisan newswww.nature.com@ArcticDagger to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square2
minus-square@ravheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoIt’s hard to read the full article with it being behind a paywall. That said, Google disagrees with the findings. Effectively, if you’ve engaged with unreliable news in the past, Google will continue to serve that same type of news going forward. It’s a self fulfilling echo chamber. Meta, Twitter, and other media sites have similar algorithms.
It’s hard to read the full article with it being behind a paywall.
That said, Google disagrees with the findings.
Effectively, if you’ve engaged with unreliable news in the past, Google will continue to serve that same type of news going forward. It’s a self fulfilling echo chamber. Meta, Twitter, and other media sites have similar algorithms.