For years, researchers have suggested that algorithms feeding users content aren’t the cause of online echo chambers, but are more likely due to users actively seeking out content that aligns with ...

Tailoring algorithms to user interests is a common practice among social media companies. But new research underscores the harms this practice can yield, especially when it comes to public perception ...

An LMU study reveals how Facebook and Instagram deliver political advertising. The algorithms seem to favor the contents of certain parties. In the run-up to polling day, election campaigns go into ...

YouTube keeps the suggestion algorithm a secret, preventing researchers from studying how it works. The study, commissioned by Firefox maker Mozilla, collected responses from nearly 40,000 YouTube ...

Snark aside, I think we are all aware that these types of algorithms can push people to what engages them the most which tends to be inflammatory content. We are also aware that many people still get ...

Many of Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson's claims about discrepancies in the county's 2020 election results, which she has connected to a supposed algorithm altering absentee ballots to aid ...

The losing candidate in the 2022 race for Will County clerk is asking a judge to order a new election in the case, citing mathematic formulas alleging the final count was fraudulent. Republican ...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has responded to allegations of “election interference” made by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in a classified briefing attended by officials from the Biden ...