Telegram’s algorithm pushes users towards far-right, extremist content: US-based study

Telegram’s algorithm is recommending extremist content to users who are browsing the platform for mundane topics according to a study by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a US-based civil rights organisation.

As part of the study titled ‘Telegram’s Toxic Recommendations’ and first reported by the BBC, SPLC researchers analysed over 28,000 Telegram channels to find that users in search of celebrity or technology-related content would run into extreme content.