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Social media algorithms ‘amplifying misogynistic content’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Researchers say extreme content being pushed on young people and becoming normalised

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[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They could certainly do with a control group or three. The point they're trying to make is that over 5 days of watching recommended videos the proportion that were misogynistic grew from 13% on day 1 to 52% on day 5. That suggests a disproportionate algorithmic boost but it's hard to tell how much that was caused by the videos they chose to view.

A real world trial ought to be possible. You could recruit thousands of kids to just do their own thing and report back. It's a very hard question to study in the lab because it's nothing like the real world.