The Facebook news feed curation algorithm, “based on many factors,” removes hard news from diverse sources that you are less…

“The Facebook news feed curation algorithm, “based on many factors,” removes hard news from diverse sources that you are less likely to agree with but it does not remove the hard news that you are likely to agree with. They call news from a source you are less likely to agree with “cross-cutting.” The study then found that the algorithm filters out 1 in 20 cross-cutting hard news stories that a self-identified conservative sees (or 5%) and 1 in 13 cross-cutting hard news stories that a self-identified liberal sees (8%).”

– The Facebook “It’s Not Our Fault” Study,an article  by Christian Sandvig in response to Facebook Research’scontroversial study on political affiliations on Facebook and how the newsfeed algorithm responds to these affiliations, algorithmically augmenting political polarisation. 
(viaalgopop)