A new study shows that X’s ‘For you’ algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes traditional media, effectively shifting users’ opinions. In the months following Elon Musk’s $44 billion ...

When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the move was a victory for transparency. "We know the algorithm is dumb and needs ...

The move comes months after Musk open-sourced parts of X’s recommendation system, with the aim of improving transparency.

Meta plans to test out X’s algorithm for Community Notes to crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. In a blog, Meta said the testing in the US would begin ...

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Elon Musk’s X said it won’t comply with French authorities’ demands in a probe into alleged bias and manipulation of the social media platform’s algorithm. Investigators have asked X to provide access ...

Every social media app has its own secret sauce—the algorithm. For example, TikTok’s algo is so good at keeping users engaged in the endless scroll that it’s worth $200 billion on paper. The algorithm ...

Onlookers have long suspected that Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has a right-wing bias embedded in its digital DNA, and, in January of this year, cybercrime authorities in France took it upon ...