Devastating new report from @sheeraf:
At the beginning of the pandemic, Facebook data scientists had a plan to figure out how many users saw false or misleading health info that would require time and money.
The plan was never approved. nytimes.com/2021/07/19/tec…
At the beginning of the pandemic, Facebook data scientists had a plan to figure out how many users saw false or misleading health info that would require time and money.
The plan was never approved. nytimes.com/2021/07/19/tec…
Facebook issued a detailed rebuttal on Saturday to the White House allegation that social media companies are "killing people" with misinformation about vaccines.
This report would suggest that rebuttal was issued with no actual knowledge of the scale of the problem.
This report would suggest that rebuttal was issued with no actual knowledge of the scale of the problem.
It's not that the data isn't there- it's that it's not structured to be accessible to managers. Basically like selling cigarettes with no knowledge of the ingredients.
Facebook employs hundreds of social scientists and data scientists. It simply did not prioritize this.
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