A new study shows that X’s ‘For you’ algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes traditional media, effectively ...

To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. A field experiment involving thousands of Americans has produced what may be the most unsettling finding yet about ...

How platforms rank content has become a central issue in the digital information ecosystem. Algorithms determine what millions of users see each day, ...

Meta plans to test out X’s algorithm for Community Notes to crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. In a blog, Meta said the testing in the US would begin ...

A research paper published in the academic journal Nature has found that the algorithm of X (formerly Twitter) influences users' political opinions. According to this study, using X makes users' ...

PARIS (AFP) — French police are investigating claims that social media network X, formerly known as Twitter, skewed its algorithm to allow “foreign interference,” the Paris prosecutor said Friday.

A peer-reviewed field experiment published on February 18, 2026, found that X’s algorithmic “For You” feed shifted users’ political opinions in a conservative direction over roughly seven weeks. The ...