I only use it for birthdays and checking on news about people I worked with and went to school with.
A “bug” in Facebook’s News Feed ranking algorithm injected a “surge of misinformation” and other harmful content into users’ News Feeds between last October and March, according to an internal memo. https://t.co/Q7Fn3omwpB
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) March 31, 2022
A new report ahead of the Jan 6th anniversary shows Facebook still has a militia problem.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) January 6, 2022
“Content associated with the Three Percenters—whose followers have been charged in connection with the Capitol riot—continues to circulate widely on Facebook.” https://t.co/uoDs7GDwUL
A damning report.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) January 4, 2022
"Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory between Election Day and the Jan. 6 siege… with many calling for executions or other political violence…" https://t.co/JCFeoQWdL0
Found these ads running last night that Facebook said last week broke its rules. https://t.co/JKiEUvqbeg
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) December 8, 2021
Facebook’s race-blind policies around hate speech came at the expense of Black users, new documents show https://t.co/oAiaU8qYpr
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 21, 2021
Why Facebook won’t let you control your own news feed https://t.co/nwS3xpNbBd
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) November 13, 2021
JUST NOW: 70% of frequent Facebook users say the company harms U.S. society!
— John Berman (@JohnBerman) November 10, 2021
These are people who use it several times a week.
100% of me wonders– if they think it is damaging the world– why they keep using it!!!!!
A brand new @cnn pollhttps://t.co/dHBhWftwC3
NEW: Facebook opened its doors to researchers from 12 universities.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 27, 2023
They found that conservative users on the platform were more walled off and encountered far more misinformation than their liberal counterparts. https://t.co/4h9ijcZuRL
Sad! 