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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It has now been more than five months since Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, but the conspiracy theories about the various ways the election was stolen from Donald ...

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 ...

Antrim County, the site of a human error that briefly produced inaccurate unofficial results on election night in November, remains the target of a misinformation ...