Research conducted at the height of the 2020 election reveals new details about how Facebook's algorithms handle political content. But it... New study shows just how Facebook's algorithm shapes ...

This photo shows the mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook and Instagram in New York, Oct. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file) (CN) — A study claiming Meta’s news feed algorithm ...

Over the last several years, there have been growing concerns about the influence of social media on fostering political polarization in the US, with critical implications for democracy. But it’s ...

Check (MBFC) and shared at least 100 times, whereas Guess et al. consider any post by users with two or The UMass Amherst-led team’s work shows that the Meta-funded research was conducted during a ...

Do social media echo chambers deepen political polarization, or simply reflect existing social divisions? A landmark research project that investigated Facebook around the 2020 US presidential ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Ryan Knutson: This is the Facebook Files, a series from The Journal. We're ...

New research published Thursday attempts to shed light on these questions. Four peer-reviewed studies, appearing in the journals Science and Nature, are the first results of a long-awaited, repeatedly ...

Is Facebook exacerbating America's political divide? Are viral posts, algorithmically ranked feeds, and partisan echo chambers driving us apart? Do conservatives and liberals exist in ideological ...

Changing Facebook's algorithm to reduce engagement would have significant business implications. The systems serve up content they predict will keep users clicking, liking, commenting, and sharing — ...