Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

At the same time, the consumption of political news on Facebook and Instagram was highly segregated by ideology, according to another study. SAN FRANCISCO — The algorithms powering Facebook and ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

A safer, saner social media world is possible, former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen told members of Congress in 2021. Instead, she said, leaders at the social media company chose engagement ...

This photo shows the mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook and Instagram in New York, Oct. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file) (CN) — A study claiming Meta’s news feed algorithm ...

A landmark collaboration shows that Facebook’s news feed filters partisan political news to users with the same views. But changing the feed algorithm to reduce exposure to like-minded content does ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Ryan Knutson: This is the Facebook Files, a series from The Journal. We're ...