"I do believe our media landscape has changed dramatically,"
"And the social media landscape has changed dramatically, even since 2020, even in just the last couple of years, in ways that are very hard for people to understand."
"We were already politically polarized, but our country has become algorithmically polarized,"
"Because there are people that are living in a MAGA universe online, that their algorithms feed that to them."
Algorithms and social media platforms have intensified political polarization since 2020, producing algorithmic echo chambers on both the right and the left. Platform feeds tend to reinforce homogeneous viewpoints, leading users to believe opposing opinions are rare. Selective amplification of images and content can make protests and events appear misleading in scale or context. Algorithmic dynamics have prompted concern among lawmakers, with prior attention on foreign actors exploiting platforms and on content moderation policies. The rapid change in the media and social media landscape has made public opinion harder for many people to contextualize.
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