These kinds of headlines—"Here’s How Facebook’s Local News Algorithm Change Led To The Worst Riots Paris Has Seen In 50 Years"—and reporting largely unfounded and irresponsible. What about the evidence here is convincing?pic.twitter.com/3nQHqLVkAG
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The actual claims here included causal attribution not just to Facebook, but to a particular algorithm tweak. That's like arguing that a shift in the train timetable made Paris burn based on approximate timing — evidence needed.
I'm reminded of this piece which made attribution to Facebook's feed algorithms, while later noting that much of the same thing happens via WhatsApp which is quite different tech (hmmm). https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/world/asia/facebook-sri-lanka-riots.html …pic.twitter.com/nGHiWIFQ6T
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