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Telegram app recommends extremist content to users, study finds

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Summary
Nutrition label

61% Informative

Social media platform Telegram uses algorithm that promotes extremist content.

Report from the Southern Poverty Law Center found that the "similar channels" feature recommends extremist channels to users browsing subjects such as celebrities or technology.

Company's founder, Russian billionaire Pavel Durov , is accused of failing to stop criminality on his platform.

VR Score

47

Informative language

37

Neutral language

15

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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