X's algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The paper, titled Value misalignment of X's feed algorithm is a reflection of value tensions in engagement, found that the site's algorithm prioritized engagement above all else when it generated a user's For You Page. It also showed that X serves more ragebait to people who say they are Democrats, although the exact reason for that is unclear.
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DOJ whistleblower alleges probes into universities were politically motivated
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... The Trump administration's civil rights investigations into three Ivy League universities were politically motivated and designed to pressure those institutions into settlements, a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney alleged in a whistleblower account Monday.
Officials pressed for deals with Columbia and Harvard universities despite hasty or incomplete investigations, Haley Van Erem, who worked in the Justice Department's civil rights division for almost a decade, alleged. At Brown University, officials pursued a deal even after investigators concluded that there wasn't evidence to support a civil rights violation.
The outcomes of the investigations were "predetermined, without regard to evidence," the account alleges. Moreover, Trump officials pulled vast sums of federal funding from the universities before probes were even completed. ...
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Disturbing reason X keeps showing you posts you hate revealed in new study
www.uniladtech.com
... Algorithms. Can't live with them, can't live without them. Social media platforms are notoriously cagey about their own ones, and we'll be damned if we're going to pretend we understand how they work.
Basically, algorithms feed you a conveyor belt of content that social media giants think will be relevant to you. That might feel great when you're shown hilarious TikTok videos, local dining spots you need to try out, and can keep up with all the latest news when it comes to your favorite celebrity, but why does it sometimes feel like we're being fed a bunch of nonsense? Worse than that, why are there continued complaints that X shovels a bunch of ragebait our way?
Apparently, there could be a good reason for it.
Since taking over Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk has been accused of driving the platform into the ground by overhauling how the old Twitter blue system works, removing the ability to fully block, and allowing hate speech to flow.
This affects both ends of the political spectrum, with the left and the right arguing that they're being bombarded with content that doesn't align with their views. Musk vowed to reveal exactly how the X algorithm works by making it open source, with it now possible to even see whether you've been shadowbanned.
As for the idea that we're gobbling ragebait as part of some evil master plan, a study titled "Value misalignment of X's feed algorithm is a reflection of value tensions in engagement" has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Researchers suggest that X's algorithm prioritizes engagement on the For You Page (FYP), while users who identify as Democrats are apparently served more ragebait. ...
... Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) filed a lawsuit on 18 August 2026 against Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) to force the extradition of ICE agent Christian Castro ...
Yeah, good luck with that.
Pres Trump has been stymieing Minnesota's attempt to obtain evidence for the ICE murders of Minnesotan American citizens.
So, how might this current request with MAGA-enabled Texas?
Minnesota sues Trump admin to access evidence in federal shootings, including Alex Pretti, Renee Good cases (March 2026)
www.foxnews.com
Trump Promised Transparency. His Administration Keeps Finding New Ways to Hide Records.
https://reason.com/2026/08/15/trump-promised-transparency-his-administration-keeps-finding-new-ways-
to-hide-records/
Of course, the question lingers out there, like an unclaimed air-biscuit ...
Why should a State have to sue the Federal government to share data about a crime committed?
... The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio....
... in a private memo to top AI companies...
Oh, that looks so bad.
Why private?
What is the GOP trying to hide with that private memo about an issue that is important to the constituents of the GOP??