Washington In the United States, 14 state attorneys general have begun questioning Facebook about its handling of spreaders of false information about corona vaccines. They are “extremely concerned” about the latest reports that the world’s largest social network has lists of members who have received special treatment, it said in a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
The question is whether the top twelve main disseminators of disinformation related to the pandemic are on this list. Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
According to the revelations of the former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, new algorithms are increasingly polarizing political camps out of pure profitability: their anger leads users to keep scrolling, which increases the reach of advertisers. Facebook has set up a system for this that exempts high-profile users from the rules against targeted false claims about Covid-19 and vaccines.