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The worlds biggest social media platforms are not just hosting antisemitic and hateful content, they are promoting it and making it easier to find.
That's the conclusion of two new studies, provided exclusively to USA TODAY, which found that Facebook, Instagram and X, formerly Twitter, steer users to tropes and conspiracies.
The result, researchers say, is fomenting dangerous ideas as antisemitic incidents in the U.S. surge to historic levels.
Released Thursday, the studies from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) take a hard look at the powerful role of social media algorithms and search functions in recommending extremist content, particularly to young people.
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leftstreet
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Docreed2003
(18,650 posts)This is important for liberals to recognize and take a stance against. Thank you, as always, BtA for sharing this!