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JonTron anti-vax controversy explained as YouTuber’s tweets on Anthony Fauci spark backlash
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Archived 5 years ago from Sportskeeda
JonTron anti-vax controversy explained as YouTuber’s tweets on Anthony Fauci spark backlash

Infamous YouTuber JonTron, real name Jonathan Aryan Jafari, was recently trending on Twitter following a slew of tweets about Dr. Anthony Fauci. Though the 31-year-old YouTuber denied being anti-vax, many Twitter users mocked him for trying to cast doubt upon the vaccines. He also commented on the …

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The Facebook Papers: What you need to know about the trove of insider documents
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Archived 5 years ago from NPR
The Facebook Papers: What you need to know about the trove of insider documents

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies on Capitol Hill in April 2018. A trove of insider documents known as the Facebook Papers has the company facing backlash over its effects on society and politics. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Facebook …

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Facebook leak: New user urged to join QAnon groups, report says
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Archived 5 years ago from Business Insider
Facebook leak: New user urged to join QAnon groups, report says

Details from leaked internal Facebook documents were reported on Monday by several news outlets. One document, “Carol’s Journey to QAnon,” reportedly shows how a new user found QAnon content. A researcher reportedly said the user faced “a barrage of extreme, conspiratorial” content. Loading …

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Facebook researchers saw how its algorithms led to misinformation: Liberals to “Moscow Mitch,” conservatives to QAnon
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Archived 5 years ago from CBS News
Facebook researchers saw how its algorithms led to misinformation: Liberals to “Moscow Mitch,” conservatives to QAnon

Facebook researchers in 2019 created three dummy accounts to study the platform’s technology for recommending content in the News Feed. The first was for a user in India, its biggest market. Then it created two more test accounts to represent a conservative American user and a liberal one. All …

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Revealed: How Facebook promoted QAnon to a ‘North Carolina mom’
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Archived 5 years ago from WFMZ Allentown
Revealed: How Facebook promoted QAnon to a ‘North Carolina mom’

WFMZ-TV 69 News provides news, weather, traffic, sports and family programming for the Lehigh Valley, Berks County, Southeastern Pa., Poconos and Western NJ including Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Reading, Kutztown, Emmaus, Quakertown, Stroudsburg, Philadelphia, Jim Thorpe, Doylestown, …

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Want to Avoid Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation on Facebook? Good Luck
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Archived 5 years ago from PCMag
Want to Avoid Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation on Facebook? Good Luck

Facebook has been accused of knowing that its platform enabled misinformation to reach a significant number of people, especially in the US, long before the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol led to increased scrutiny of the company’s policies. NBC News reports that …

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Facebook researchers were warning about its recommendations fueling QAnon in 2019
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Archived 5 years ago from Yahoo Tech
Facebook researchers were warning about its recommendations fueling QAnon in 2019

Facebook officials have long known about how the platform’s recommendations can lead users into conspiracy theory-addled “rabbit holes.” Now, we know just how clear that picture was thanks to documents provided by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. During the summer of 2019, a Facebook …

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What Happened When Facebook Employees Warned About Election Misinformation
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Archived 5 years ago from The New York Times
What Happened When Facebook Employees Warned About Election Misinformation

WHAT HAPPENED 1. From Wednesday through Saturday there was a lot of content circulating which implied fraud in the election, at around 10% of all civic content and 1-2% of all US VPVs. There was also a fringe of incitement to violence. 2. There were dozens of employees monitoring this, and FB …

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Facebook Papers Show Employees Raised Concerns About Misinformation
Elections

Archived 5 years ago from The New York Times
Facebook Papers Show Employees Raised Concerns About Misinformation

WHAT HAPPENED 1. From Wednesday through Saturday there was a lot of content circulating which implied fraud in the election, at around 10% of all civic content and 1-2% of all US VPVs. There was also a fringe of incitement to violence. 2. There were dozens of employees monitoring this, and FB …

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