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Researchers are concerned that Instagram s new suggested posts feature is contributing to the spread of misinformation. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images
Instagram recommended false claims about COVID-19, vaccines and the 2020 U.S. election to people who appeared interested in related topics, according to a new report from a group that tracks online misinformation. The Instagram algorithm is driving people further and further into their own realities, but also splitting those realities apart so that some people are getting no misinformation whatsoever and some people are being driven more and more misinformation, said Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which conducted the study.
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