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X's Algorithm Pushes Users to Lean More Conservative, Researchers Find

In case you had any doubt, Elon Musk’s X has an algorithm that favors conservative content posted by political activists over liberal content or posts by traditional news media accounts, according to a new study published in Nature. X, then-Twitter, had a chronological timeline until 2016, when the company decided to give users the option to switch to a feed curated for them by an algorithm. After Musk acquired the company in 2022, the algorithm-defined “For You” page became the default page, wi...

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