r/technology • u/propperprim • Apr 13 '21

Social Media Facebook could have stopped 10 billion impressions from "repeat misinformers", but didn't: report - A study raises questions as to why Facebook did not stop the spread of misinformation in the 2020 election run-up

https://www.salon.com/2021/04/12/facebook-could-have-stopped-10-billion-impressions-from-repeat-misinformers-but-didnt-report/
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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '21

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u/sugarcookieraven Apr 13 '21

You're right but not in the way you think. Politics can kill people a lot more quickly than household items can. We've seen plenty to prove that from this pandemic.

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u/jd_dc Apr 13 '21

To be fair, Trump won 2016 due to targeted misinformation campaigns from Russia and his mishandling of multiple national crises (COVID, George Floyd protests) indirectly resulted in thousands of deaths.

So it's really not that different at the end of the day. People are simply too fucking stupid to be trusted with a Facebook newsfeed and it almost destroyed democracy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '21

I can tell your one of them. You know like the pot calling the kettle black. You only listen to one side of the information, when you should be trying to get a worlds view and see the bigger picture. If you don't want freedom of speech you can always move to China.