Neutral bots probe political bias on social media
Social media platforms moderating misinformation have been accused of political bias. Here, the authors use neutral social bots to show that, while there is no strong evidence for such a bias, the content to which Twitter users are exposed depends strongly on the political leaning of early Twitter c...
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oai:doaj.org-article:8e1dad961559419599c3fff50e7f2abf2021-12-02T15:15:14ZNeutral bots probe political bias on social media10.1038/s41467-021-25738-62041-1723https://doaj.org/article/8e1dad961559419599c3fff50e7f2abf2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25738-6https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Social media platforms moderating misinformation have been accused of political bias. Here, the authors use neutral social bots to show that, while there is no strong evidence for such a bias, the content to which Twitter users are exposed depends strongly on the political leaning of early Twitter connections.Wen ChenDiogo PachecoKai-Cheng YangFilippo MenczerNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) |
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Social media platforms moderating misinformation have been accused of political bias. Here, the authors use neutral social bots to show that, while there is no strong evidence for such a bias, the content to which Twitter users are exposed depends strongly on the political leaning of early Twitter connections. |
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