I wish that were true, but it’s been reported on and researched extensively since at least 2021 on how algorithms push rightwing content. That’s why Spain took the stance of penalizing the companies responsible for the algorithms.
Twitter amplifies tweets from right-leaning political parties and news outlets more than from the left, its own research suggests.
Even when avatars signaled an exclusive interest in left-wing politics, right-wing perspectives continued to dominate their feeds, suggesting that platform amplification overrides user preference.
Also didnt it just come out that meta is paying people who break their own TOU? Theyve been dinged giving ad revenue to actual antisemites and white nationalists, id bet my whole ass rage bait is basically funded by meta ad revenue on there even though it technically breaks their rules.
Yep! They knowingly allowed ragebait and ultra right-wing influencers because they brought in engagement and ad revenue to the company, and also ad revenue for the content creators (which Meta pays out).
Algorithms are designed to show you more of what you’ve already been watching, but they don’t produce the content.
I wish that were true, but it’s been reported on and researched extensively since at least 2021 on how algorithms push rightwing content. That’s why Spain took the stance of penalizing the companies responsible for the algorithms.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59011271
https://www.bi.team/press-releases/social-media-algorithms-amplify-right-wing-content-against-young-users-preference-study-finds/
Also didnt it just come out that meta is paying people who break their own TOU? Theyve been dinged giving ad revenue to actual antisemites and white nationalists, id bet my whole ass rage bait is basically funded by meta ad revenue on there even though it technically breaks their rules.
Yep! They knowingly allowed ragebait and ultra right-wing influencers because they brought in engagement and ad revenue to the company, and also ad revenue for the content creators (which Meta pays out).
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106940696
https://cybernews.com/tech/meta-tiktok-ragebait-revenue-whistleblowers/