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Algorithms used by social media companies may not be as polarising to society as previously thought, according to a study published in Nature. Researchers found exposure to content from "like-minded" sources did not change users' political beliefs or attitudes during the 2020 US presidential election.

Algorithms controlling a social media user's feed, while largely opaque, may not be polarising the society in the same ways as the public tends to think, social scientists say.

Four research papers, published in Science and Nature, reveal the extent of political echo chambers on Facebook, where conservatives and liberals rely on divergent sources of information