The concern predates the election. A 2016 slide shows showed extremist content thriving in more than one-third of large German political groups. “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools.” “Our recommendation systems grow the problem.”
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The “common ground” team at Facebook wasn’t trying to change people’s minds. They were trying to stop the vilification of the other side. And they came up with different product ideas to tone down the rhetoric on Facebook.pic.twitter.com/b5gcAo52p3
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But top executives shelved the effort. Policy exec Joel Kaplan considered the initiative “paternalistic,” per sources. The moves also affected right-leaning pages too much & risked growth. More here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-it-encourages-division-top-executives-nixed-solutions-11590507499 …
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Kaplan spoke on the record for this story & defended his vetting process (code: Eat Your Veggies). For more background, here’s our profile of Kaplan from Dec. 2018. https://twitter.com/dseetharaman/status/1076857085608902657?s=21 …https://twitter.com/dseetharaman/status/1076857085608902657 …
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Facebook just published a response to our story yesterday. You can read their post below. https://twitter.com/fbnewsroom/status/1265694412287459330?s=21 …https://twitter.com/MetaNewsroom/status/1265694412287459330 …
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“human brain's attraction to divisiveness” -> o pressuposto, mddc
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Break up big tech and charge them all with crimes against humanity and espionage
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