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How social media amplifies support for the far right in France
Social media played a crucial role in the National Rally’s victory in the 2024 European Parliament elections in France. Drawing on new research, Roman Zinigrad shows how the algorithms used to reco…
Suggestive algorithms and political radicalisation As part of a new research project, I (alongside my co-researchers, Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger and Stephen Sawyer) have examined the impact of social media on young people in France during the 2024 European Parliament elections, using data collected between 20 May and 16 June. Our preliminary observations suggest that online algorithms are interested in maximising viewership by unifying different segments of the far-right audience and driving politically driven users toward violent and bigoted messages. Some of the content included a relatively clear political message, typically associating Catholicism with French ultra-patriotic sentiment and nostalgia for a pseudo-past of purity and cohesion, while other clips focused exclusively on conservative religious values, such as videos with young women praising modest clothing and prayer.
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