How Facebook’s dodgy algorithm leads new users to fake news, violence

Facebook’s content problems abroad may be even worse than in the US, according to damning report

24 October 2021 - 17:28 By Saritha Rai

In February 2019, Facebook set up a test account in India to determine how its own algorithms affect what people see in one of its fastest growing and most important overseas markets. The results stunned the company’s own staff...

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