Yeah I'm calling BS on that study immediately. Either bad faith or the researchers genuinely have no idea how algorithms work.
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It's hard to read the full article with it being behind a paywall.
That said, Google disagrees with the findings.
Effectively, if you've engaged with unreliable news in the past, Google will continue to serve that same type of news going forward. It's a self fulfilling echo chamber. Meta, Twitter, and other media sites have similar algorithms.