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		itsoktocry 76 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: X is amplifying far-right accounts From the article: >"Specifically, the Sky News team ran a study where they created nine new Twitter/X accounts, three left-wing, three right-wing, and three politically neutral, and then tracked what content got dumped into their “For You” tabs on the Elon Musk-owned social media service during a one-month period in 2025"

crtasm 76 days ago [–]

Yes, the link I provided gives much more information on their method including the names of the people who set the categories.

I don't find any mention of how/if they separated the accounts by using different IPs/types of internet connection - seems like a bit of an omission.

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