The political effects of X's feed algorithm

• https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2
• Germain Gauthier, Roland Hodler, Philine Widmer, Ekaterina Zhuravskaya

Political polarization, Recommender system, Algorithmic bias

Builds on Guess2023how‘s experimental study of feed algorithms during elections and Huszár2022algorithmic‘s analysis of algorithmic amplification of politics on Twitter, while co-author Philine Widmer‘s earlier work on media slant contagion (Widmer2022media) provides related context on how media ecosystems shape political content.