“Unless you have been living in a cave, you will be well aware of Facebook’s current travails, fed by whistle-blower Frances Haugen’s explosive testimony about how Facebook researched but ignored findings that suggested the company’s algorithms were harming individual users by promoting content that kept them engaged – but at a cost to their mental wellbeing. In other cases, Facebook promoted user ‘engagement’ over such basic considerations as factual accuracy, impact on community health (COVID misinformation), public safety (January 6 attack on the US Capitol) and avoidance of sexual exploitation …” (more)
[Hugh Stephens, Inforrm’s Blog, 25 November]
First posted 2021-11-26 17:00:08
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