89. Facebook scores your politics with a number. Brendan Nyhan figured out what they do with it. (Part 1 of 2)

from Reimagining the Internet · host Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure

Does Facebook make people’s politics more extreme? Do algorithms force us into bubbles? Does social media threaten American democracy? Political scientist Brendan Nyhan used his permission to research political data on Facebook as an opportunity to tackle these questions head on. In part one of our interview with Brendan, he tells us about his contribution […]

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