Study: Social media feeds often promote content against user values

shangbinfeng · x · 2026-08-20

Retweeting a new article published in PNAS that explores whether social media algorithms correctly reflect user values. The study shows that the answer is often no, and that the content promoted into ranked feeds is often actively counter to user values.

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