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X Algorithm Boosts Harris, Suppresses Trump VP Picks, New MRC Study Reveals

Either Jack Dorsey’s ghost still haunts X’s algorithm or, alternatively, a radical remnant continues to work its dark arts within the platform’s ranks to undermine Elon Musk’s vision of a free-speech platform divorced from its history of election interference.

A new study by MRC Free Speech America researchers found that the X algorithm has actively pushed Vice President Kamala Harris’s account, granting her a broader reach than former President Donald Trump’s potential GOP running mates.

The study, performed using X’s open-source algorithm and its AI chatbot Grok, comes immediately after another MRC report revealed that X was de-amplifying the accounts of Republican members of Congress while simultaneously boosting radical Democrats. 

This favoritism is also evident in the 2024 veepstakes, with X promoting Harris significantly more than North…

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