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No algorithm is neutral. Facebook and Google are biased, but in a way that has nothing to do with American political ideologies or parties. Instead, both of these global systems favor content that generates strong emotional reactions from users -- clicks, shares, likes, and comments. There is a clear commercial reason for this design choice. It keeps users hooked, ready to click on more advertisements and thus generate more revenue for the platform.
-- Siva Vaidhyanathan. "Why Conservatives Allege Big Tech Is Muzzling Them" The Atlantic (Jul 28, 2019).
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