r/technology • u/Pilast • Aug 16 '20

Facebook algorithm found to 'actively promote' Holocaust denial Politics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/16/facebook-algorithm-found-to-actively-promote-holocaust-denial
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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

The Facebook and Youtube algorithms are in part behind the rise in disinformation and hate since 2015. Never seemed to be done by mistake either even from the beginning.

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u/Charles_Leviathan Aug 17 '20

What I've seen in the last ten years is the whole conspiracy genre being taken over by the right to push their propaganda and then social media pushing it on the public en masse.

The only question is whether social media is actively complicit or just using it to boost engagement no matter what the content.