Research conducted at the height of the 2020 election reveals new details about how Facebook's algorithms handle political content. But it suggests there are no easy fixes to political polarization.

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 ...

Topline Conservative users on Facebook during the 2020 presidential election were more isolated and saw more misinformation than the platform’s liberal users, a series of papers published by ...

Meanwhile, Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has decided to allow political ads claiming the 2020 election was rigged, according to new reports.

After a Facebook algorithm change, local Republican Party posts in 2019 were shared twice as much as local Democratic posts, according to new research published Wednesday.

A California state appeals court recently ruled that Facebook can be sued over alleged discriminatory advertising practices.

Is Facebook exacerbating America's political divide? Are viral posts, algorithmically ranked feeds, and partisan echo chambers driving us apart? Do conservatives and liberals exist in ideological ...