Report: Facebook Promoted Content Urging Violence Against Protesters

Report: Facebook Promoted Content Urging Violence Against Protesters: Facebook has long struggled with controlling its content recommendation algorithm. This simple tool intended to connect users often has harmful effects, from serving up hate speech to white supremacists to bringing together radical groups abroad. And according to the rights group Global Witness, that is exactly what’s happening in the country of Myanmar. A recent…

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