In Germany, social media algorithms are pumping out huge amounts of far-right, pro-AfD content.

A new study found that, on TikTok Twitter, nearly 3/4 of all partisan content being pushed algorithmically to German users favored the party best known for its ties to neo-Nazis.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/in-germany-social-media-algorithms-are-pumping-out-huge-amounts-of-far-right-pro-afd-content/

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In Germany, social media algorithms are pumping out huge amounts of far-right, pro-AfD content

A new study found that, on TikTok and Elon Musk's Twitter, nearly 3/4 of all partisan content being pushed algorithmically to German users favored the party best known for its ties to neo-Nazis.

Nieman Lab

@Some_Emo_Chick

Guess who?

"On TikTok, 78% of the partisan content shown was pro-AfD. (The other three parties: 8%, 8%, and 6%.)

On Twitter, 64% was pro-AfD.
(The other three: 18%, 14%, and 6%.) "

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/in-germany-social-media-algorithms-are-pumping-out-huge-amounts-of-far-right-pro-afd-content/

Hold fast, German friends, and warn everyone you know. Inoculation helps against disinformation.

In Germany, social media algorithms are pumping out huge amounts of far-right, pro-AfD content

A new study found that, on TikTok and Elon Musk's Twitter, nearly 3/4 of all partisan content being pushed algorithmically to German users favored the party best known for its ties to neo-Nazis.

Nieman Lab

@CelloMomOnCars @Some_Emo_Chick

That had been clear for a long time. But to convince someone of the good cause after years of indoctrination in a maximum of 48 hours seems to me to have no chance.