I think about this statistic from 2016 all the time, and all the damage that was done, especially during the pandemic.
"Facebook’s own researchers found that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools”.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/04/facebook-groups-misinformation - a crucible of hatred.
"Facebook’s own researchers found that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools”.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/04/facebook-groups-misinformation - a crucible of hatred.
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Musa Okwonga
Several friends have told me in recent years that *insert country* is immune to the far-right, and yet just a few years later they are surging in the polls in each of those places. We still don't talk enough about the supercharged hatreds that algorithms have pumped into our society.
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