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[โ€“] TCGM@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'm calling BS on that study immediately. Either bad faith or the researchers genuinely have no idea how algorithms work.

[โ€“] ravheim@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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.