SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has published new research that claims the social network is not an "echo chamber" that keeps people from being exposed to political opinions that are different from their own.
The study published Thursday in Science magazine explored the question of whether Facebook creates "filter bubbles."
In other words: Do Facebook's algorithms that determine what people see in their News Feed contribute to people only seeing information from like-minded individuals?
That's a growing concern as Facebook becomes one of the top places people get news and information, especially in the run-up to next year's presidential election.
"We found that most people have friends who claim an opposing political ideology, and that the content in peoples' News Feeds reflect those diverse views," Facebook said in a statement.
The News Feed does skew to an individual's own ideology but the content that users click on and their friends are "more important factors," the company said.
More: www.usatoday.com
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