Fake and Extremely Biased Twitter Content Decreased Between 2016-2020, But Top Influencers Were More Polarized

Research analyzed social media platform’s role in U.S. politics

“One side can start the polarization and keep it going forever, but it takes two sides to stop it. That’s why it easily arises, but it’s so difficult to end,” Boleslaw Szymanski said. Szymanski is the Claire & Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and director of the Network Science and Technology Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.