"Although we do not find meaningful increases in ideological extremity of recommendations, we show that a growing proportion of recommendations deeper in the recommendation trail come from extremist, conspiratorial, and otherwise problematic channels. This increase is most pronounced among the right-leaning users."
The judgement of "extremist, conspiratorial, and otherwise problematic" cannot possibly be impartial, making this study an act of political advocacy masquerading as scholarship.
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"Although we do not find meaningful increases in ideological extremity of recommendations, we show that a growing proportion of recommendations deeper in the recommendation trail come from extremist, conspiratorial, and otherwise problematic channels. This increase is most pronounced among the right-leaning users."
The judgement of "extremist, conspiratorial, and otherwise problematic" cannot possibly be impartial, making this study an act of political advocacy masquerading as scholarship.