A new study of Facebook and Instagram has taken a deep dive into how the platforms have shaped peoples' beliefs.

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New Study on Facebook, Instagram Algorithms

A new study of Facebook and Instagram has taken a deep dive into how the platforms shape our beliefs. Back in 2020 meta allowed academics to study the platforms. The first results are in three years in the making and they show users are given information in which they're likely to agree. That makes sense. We've seen that before. Probably no surprise. But it found conservative users on Facebook during the 2020 election saw more misinformation than the platform's liberal users. But the results can cast doubt on whether the platform substantially affected people's political beliefs. Now, the research done by the University of Texas and NYU was published yesterday in the journals, Science and Nature. Upcoming studies are set to look at data collected after the January 6th insurrection.