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The header makes it seem like Facebook said this themselves, but it doesn't seem to be the case.
by username90 6y ago
The header makes it seem like Facebook said this themselves, but it doesn't seem to be the case.
- mxxx 6y agoThe article states that the number comes from a study that Facebook themselves undertook.
- jakelazaroff 6y agoThe figure comes from research conducted by Facebook: > Facebook’s own research revealed that 64 percent of the time a person joins an extremist Facebook Group, they do so because the platform recommended it. > Facebook has also acknowledged that pages and groups associated with QAnon extremism had at least 3 million members, meaning Facebook helped radicalize 2 million people.
- true_religion 6y agoI know it’s just a quote but I have to point out that’s not how statistics work. You can’t say 64% of a group were radicalized because 64% of people will join a group suggested by Facebook. In fact all 3 million of those users could have had the group suggested by Facebook.