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X and TikTok algorithms favour the far right at the expense of moderate parties (peoplevsbig.tech)
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The investigation looked at what content from political parties and politicians is shown to newly created accounts that are interested in parties and politicians from either the left or the right.

It found that the algorithms push content from the far right to the right-leaning and left-leaning accounts and, to a lesser extent, push content from the radical left to left-leaning accounts.

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[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 12 points 1 hour ago

I do wonder how much of this is just that moderate parties are boring.

[-] Salvia@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

I think it's more about rage bait. The far right just happens to have the best rage bait for the moderate majority.

[-] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 minutes ago

Why isn't class-based rage as popular, then?

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 points 50 minutes ago

And any resistance to those policies is met with more rage from the right, its a self propelling cycle.

[-] Salvia@lemmy.world 1 points 38 minutes ago

Exactly

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 hour ago

Also the fact that people with moderate views don't tend to watch political content all that much.

[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 hour ago

US TikTok, and that's the point. Also, we know X is under opposition control. That's no secret.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

So is Tik Tok.

[-] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 1 points 59 minutes ago

I don't know how far my mouth can gape from shock, but who you have known

this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2026
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