It turned out that Facebook, one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, increased harmful content instead of restricting it due to an error. It was stated in the news that this situation may have been happening for a long time.
Social media platforms, where we all spend most of our time, are getting more and more popular day by day. When this is the case, harmful content such as disinformation on these platforms continues to come up.
owned by Meta, used by millions of people around the world Facebook are among these platforms. We recently shared that it was revealed that Meta was paid to talk badly about another popular social media platform, TikTok. Now Facebook’smistakenly’ turned out to increase harmful content.
Harmful content featured
According to information obtained by The Verge, Facebook has harmful content caused it to be seen more by users. According to the statements, this ranking problem in the stream causes disinformation on the platform to spread ‘accidentally’ rather than being restricted, causing harmful content to be spread around the world. 30% increase caused. According to the statements, this happened even in posts containing Russian state propaganda that invaded Ukraine.
This problem, which causes the content to appear in front of users while browsing the stream, has been experienced since 2019; however, it was stated that it started to be noticed last October. This is harmful content. at least six months It showed that he could move up the rankings.
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Meta spokesperson Joe Osborne also told The Verge, “We investigated the root of this problem, which is a software bug, and made the necessary corrections.” error using expressions no long-term effects argued. It’s also long been suggested that he be more open about how he manages their content; however, it also revealed that Facebook, which does not do this, may be experiencing problems that may harm many people.