The AfD was twice as effective at reaching first-time voters on the app than all other parties combined, according to an analysis of platform data. This may explain why the party performed so well among young voters.

  • addictedtochaos
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    1 month ago

    i am also german, i didnt get those right wing contents. which content are we talking about, by the way`?

    have you examples?

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      1 month ago

      Sorry for the late answer. Somehow I got a bad case of demo effect.

      For example, under this video I’m getting recommendations such as:

      Spoiler

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        1 month ago

        huh, that sure is wierd. i clicked the video on your link. i had the usual thing recommended: spaceships, farm machinery, how to play solo x on guitar, star trek and star wars news, and i had one anti afd video.

        i assume the problem lies in what you watched and did before on the internet. google is very connected, you see. you get always more of the things you researched and watched.

        i use firefox and have llots of various blockers and privacy stuff enabled, and turned off everything i could turn of in google and youtube, i mean, the datamining stuff.

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            1 month ago

            for sure, I just recently also turned geo location stuff of, even camera and microphone. I read a couple of articles that mentioned various issues with third parties listening to words, and what ever whattsapp does, i dont even want to know.

            i always said it was just conspiracy talk that this mirophone listens to us, but earnestly, why are so mamny apps connected to the microphone anyway?

            well. I have to delete my google account sooner or later. getting worse and worse prices onlineshopping is also a huge concern.