“The algorithms favour that which is salacious, surprising, blood-boiling and frequently untrue.”@sinanaral, co-leader of @MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy and author of The Hype Machine, tells “Checks and Balance” how social media affect politics https://t.co/vEEoXnzStO pic.twitter.com/TbJ3MNB44I

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 8, 2020