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New research published Thursday provides an unprecedented look at political behavior on Facebook and Instagram, two major online platforms where people express and discuss their political views. Four Science and Nature papers by an interdisciplinary team of researchers and Meta internal groups examined behavior on both platforms around the 2020 U.S. election. The 2020 Facebook …
A slate of research papers published Thursday suggest that the algorithms that drive Facebook and Instagram are not entirely to blame for those platform’s political polarization, as some previously believed. When results are taken together, the studies suggest that Facebook users seek out content that aligns with their views and “echo-chambers” allow different political groups…