Are search engines bursting the filter bubble? Study finds political ideology plays bigger role than algorithms

Political ideology and user choice are biggest drivers of engagement with partisan and unreliable news provided by Google Search.

The study addressed a long-standing concern that digital algorithms learn from user preferences and surface information th Google Search h users' attitudes and biases.

Results suggest the same is true about the pr Nature on of low-quality content shown to users.

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